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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
828 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
* AT 828 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER MIDDLETOWN, OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MASON CITY,
MOVING EAST 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...
LINCOLN AROUND 840 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BEASON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 126.
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 4014 8969 4020 8915 4003 8915 4006 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 267DEG 47KT 4011 8964
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
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