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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
742 PM CDT WED APR 30 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.
* AT 742 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ALTAMONT, OR 10 MILES WEST OF EFFINGHAM, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
EFFINGHAM AND SHUMWAY AROUND 755 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 164.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 98.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3902 8876 3906 8879 3912 8880 3926 8861
3909 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 231DEG 24KT 3906 8873
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
ERWIN
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