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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1108 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.
* AT 1108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MOUNT AUBURN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF TAYLORVILLE...AND WAS
MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NIANTIC...
BLUE MOUND...
HARRISTOWN...
ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...ILLIOPOLIS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 133.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING...BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3990 8907 3967 8902 3966 8935 3984 8939
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 260DEG 21KT 3976 8925
SMITH
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