Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Peoria Illinois Issued by the National Weather Service

Friday, September 21, 2012

Severe T-Storm Warning



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.

* AT 227 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 5 MILES
  NORTH OF EASTON...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MASON CITY...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREEN VALLEY...SAN JOSE...DELAVAN...EMDEN...HARTSBURG...HOPEDALE...
  MINIER...ARMINGTON AND LAWNDALE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 136.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 20.

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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