Tornado Warning 20, NWS Lincoln, IL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
655 PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988

...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1 AM...

AT 650 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING
EDGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM BURLINGTON IOWA SOUTH
TO VICHY MISSOURI.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSOURI HAVE PRODUCED
STRONG WINDS AND TORNADOES IN THE PAST HOUR.  THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING
HENDERSON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
VERY DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL
TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

J LAST

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
740 PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY...

AT 735 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SUTTER ILLINOIS...30 MILES NORTH
OF QUINCY...SOUTH THROUGH QUINCY INTO MISSOURI.  THE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR QUINCY ILLINOIS HAS PRODUCED WINDS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR AND
VERY HEAVY RAINS.  MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WERE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.

PERSONS LIVING IN SOUTHEAST HANCOCK AND WESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTIES
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND HAIL AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR ALL OF
CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

J LAST

ATTN ISP DIST...14 AND 20

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
7 50PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF ILLINOIS
UNTIL 1 00 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

AT 745 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS EXTENDING FROM NEAR NAUVOO ILLINOIS..
ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON IOWA...TO QUINCY ILLINOIS TO
JUST EAST OF HANNIBAL MISSOURI TO 20 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF
ST LOUIS MISSOURI.  THE LINE WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE AND WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

AT 730 PM CST STRONG GUSTY WINDS DOWNED TREES IN THE HANNIBAL
MISSOURI AREA AS THIS LINE OF STORMS PASSED THROUGH.

AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THE LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD REACH THE JACKSONVILLE ILLINOIS AREA BETWEEN 9 00 PM AND 9 30
PM CST AND SHOULD BE AFFECTING THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AROUND 10 00 PM          [
AND 10 30 PM CST.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR
TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORN SAFETY
RULES AND BE PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS
DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

HUGHES

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
8 40 PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988

TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF ILLINOIS UNTIL
1 00 PM CST...

AT 8 30 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN WESTERN ILLINOIS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MACOMB ILLINOIS TO PITTSFIELD
ILLINOIS TO NEAR ALTON ILLINOIS. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS ABOUT 15 MILES
WIDE AND WAS MOVINE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

60 MILES WIND GUSTS WERE REPORTED AT QUINCY ILLINOIS AROUND 8 00 PM CST.
NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS OF 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS SINCE 8 00 PM CST.

SOME HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS SINCE 8 00
PM CST.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS OVER NOAA WEATHER          [
RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO ORTV STATION.

THIS IS A POTENTIAL DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.  REVIEW YOUR TORNADO
AND SEVERE THUN-DERSTORM SAFETY RULES NOW. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A
SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS IN YOUR AREA IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.

HUGHES

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION...EFFECTIVE TIME OF TORNADO WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
8 40 PM CST TUE NOV 15 1988

TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF ILLINOIS UNTIL
1 00 AM CST...

AT 8 30 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN WESTERN ILLINOIS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MACOMB ILLINOIS TO PITTSFIELD
ILLINOIS TO NEAR ALTON ILLINOIS. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS ABOUT 15 MILES
WIDE AND WAS MOVINE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

60 MILES WIND GUSTS WERE REPORTED AT QUINCY ILLINOIS AROUND 8 00 PM CST.
NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS OF 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS SINCE 8 00 PM CST.

SOME HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS SINCE 8 00
PM CST.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS OVER NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO ORTV STATION.

THIS IS A POTENTIAL DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION/.  REVIEW YOUR TORNADO
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SAFETY RULES NOW. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A
SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS IN YOUR AREA IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.

HUGHES