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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
750 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 750 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED OVER
WILLIAMSFIELD, OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOULON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 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.
* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WILLIAMSFIELD, LAURA, AND ELMORE AROUND 755 PM CDT.
WYOMING AND TOULON AROUND 805 PM CDT.
CASTLETON AROUND 810 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BRADFORD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 70.
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.
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4115 8964 4115 8949 4080 9003 4096 9018
4115 8993 4115 8987 4120 8987 4124 8982
4124 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 229DEG 50KT 4091 9005
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
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