Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued At: Friday, 15 May 2009, 9:48 PM EDT
Expires At: Friday, 15 May 2009, 10:30 PM EDT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT. * AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEWARDSON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINDSOR... NEOGA... MATTOON... LERNA... TOLEDO... JANESVILLE... CHARLESTON... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 AND 193. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 121 AND 124.
Areas affected: Moultrie, Coles, Shelby, Cumberland
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