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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
819 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
* AT 819 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED OVER
PEORIA, MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
WASHINGTON, GERMANTOWN HILLS, AND SPRING BAY AROUND 825 PM CDT.
METAMORA AROUND 830 PM CDT.
EUREKA AROUND 835 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ROANOKE AND BENSON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 155 NEAR MILE MARKER 31.
INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 37.
INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 106.
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 4093 8905 4092 8893 4075 8893 4075 8899
4070 8899 4069 8898 4068 8900 4058 8965
4083 8978 4106 8905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 264DEG 45KT 4077 8961
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
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