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WFUS53 KILX 192123
TORILX
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
323 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 415 PM CST.
* AT 323 PM CST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HEARTVILLE, OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF EFFINGHAM, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
DIETERICH AROUND 330 PM CST.
WHEELER AROUND 335 PM CST.
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 3907 8852 3917 8836 3917 8817 3905 8809
3897 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 240DEG 28KT 3901 8849
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
DEUBELBEISS
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