BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 300 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT. * AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHILLICOTHE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LACON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LACON...ROME...CHILLICOTHE...SPARLAND...WASHBURN...VARNA... TOLUCA...WENONA...MINONK...HOPEWELL...MARSHALL COUNTY AIRPORT...LOW POINT...LA ROSE AND PATTONSBURG. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 39. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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