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WFUS53 KILX 192357
TORILX
ILC025-049-200045-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
557 PM CST THU FEB 19 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CST.
* AT 557 PM CST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FARINA, OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VANDALIA, MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
EDGEWOOD AROUND 610 PM CST.
MASON AROUND 615 PM CST.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 155.
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 3891 8870 3891 8881 3900 8880 3909 8849
3884 8848 3884 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 256DEG 31KT 3888 8888
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
DEUBELBEISS
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