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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
751 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 750 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BEECHER CITY, OR 15 MILES WEST OF EFFINGHAM,
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
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...
BEECHER CITY AND SHUMWAY AROUND 755 PM CDT.
EFFINGHAM AROUND 805 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MONTROSE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 178.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 105.
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 3910 8880 3922 8880 3925 8879 3937 8836
3908 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 265DEG 44KT 3918 8883
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
DEUBELBEISS
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