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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
801 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 801 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BRIMFIELD, OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEORIA, 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PRINCEVILLE AROUND 805 PM CDT.
DUNLAP AND EDELSTEIN AROUND 810 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LACON AND SPARLAND.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 80.
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 4101 8923 4092 8945 4092 8947 4090 8949
4072 8991 4088 8996 4115 8950 4115 8944
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 240DEG 49KT 4086 8986
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
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