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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
908 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.
* AT 907 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KENNEY, OR 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON, MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MAROA AROUND 915 PM CDT.
CISCO AROUND 920 PM CDT.
MONTICELLO AROUND 925 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WHITE HEATH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 139 AND 173.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 168.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3990 8915 4029 8916 4030 8846 3988 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 270DEG 56KT 4006 8906
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
25
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