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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
720 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Shelby County in central Illinois...
  Clay County in south central Illinois...
  Effingham County in south central Illinois...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 720 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Cowden to near Kinmundy, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Altamont and Beecher City around 725 PM CDT.
  Edgewood and Shumway around 730 PM CDT.
  Stewardson and Mason around 735 PM CDT.
  Effingham, Watson, and Heartville around 740 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Teutopolis, Louisville, Bible Grove, Dieterich, Montrose and Sailor
Springs.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 57 between mile markers 142 and 172.
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 79 and 104.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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LAT...LON 3861 8870 3891 8870 3891 8881 3922 8880
      3922 8882 3946 8881 3945 8847 3917 8847
      3917 8836 3886 8836 3884 8826 3873 8826
      3873 8829 3866 8827 3863 8830 3860 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 270DEG 36KT 3929 8887 3883 8890 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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