Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL

.....HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS.....

AT 230 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA TO ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST
OF QUINCY.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG AND JUST NORTHWEST OF THE
ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR HAVANA TO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAVANA.
THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED AT LEWISTOWN ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PEORIA.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND
35 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  THEY WILL BE MOVING
ACROSS MASON AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES BETWEEN 230PM AND 400 PM CDT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
330 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1988

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY...

AT 325 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
JUST NORTH OF CHANDLERVILLE...45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA.  THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST...NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
BE AFFECTING PERSONS IN KILBOURNE AND MASON CITY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN PEORIA COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF PEORIA...AND BETWEEN
PEORIA AND QUINCY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
455 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AT 450 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  A HEAVY STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR CHANDLERVILLE...45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA.
ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON
IOWA...CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY
NEAR LOMAX AND DALLAS CITY ILLINOIS.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL 900 PM CDT.  PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
543 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AT 540 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  A HEAVY STORM
WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF MONMOUTH IN CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY...
50 MILES WEST OF PEORIA.  ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BURLINGTON IOWA...ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...ENTERING SOUTHERN
HENDERSON COUNTY.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.  DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS UNTIL 900 PM CDT.  PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
650 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN
AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AT 645 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MOLINE ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST TO BURLINGTON
IOWA OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SLOWLY
MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE COUNTIES OF
HENDERSON AND NORTHERN HANCOCK DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST KNOX
COUNTY...NEAR ABINGDON...45 MILES WEST OF PEORIA.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND UNTI)L MIDNIGHT FOR
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS.  PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
740 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN
AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AT 735 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
WESTERN KNOX COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GALESBURG...OR 45 MILES
WEST..NORTHWEST OF PEORIA.  OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
IN A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF MOLINE ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST TO 30 MILES
SOUTH OF BURLINGTON IOWA.  MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS TO
THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR...ALTHOUGH THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE
RAIN...SOUTH OF BURLINGTON...WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS...AND STRONG WINDS TO 45 MILES AN
HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR

NORTHEAST ILLINOIS.  PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHuOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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