850  
WFUS53 KILX 201903  
TORILX  
ILC129-167-201945-  
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0053.250520T1903Z-250520T1945Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
203 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
SOUTH CENTRAL MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
NORTHWESTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 202 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW BERLIN, OR 14 MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...  
PLEASANT PLAINS AROUND 210 PM CDT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 83.  
 
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 3997 8984 3980 8968 3972 8998 3973 8999  
3980 8999  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 229DEG 28KT 3977 8997  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN  
 
 
 
BARNES  
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