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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1205 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTH CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.
* AT 1205 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER VIRDEN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
AUBURN AND DIVERNON AROUND 1210 PM CDT.
CHATHAM AND PAWNEE AROUND 1220 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 91, AND NEAR MILE MARKER
93.
INTERSTATE 72 NEAR MILE MARKER 99.
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 3975 8963 3966 8946 3952 8968 3953 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 221DEG 25KT 3952 8974
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
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