Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
105 PM CST FRI MAR 17 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN MARSHALL AND
PUTNAM COUNTIES...

AT 100 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HENRY...30 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA.  THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUZNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS THEY MOVED
THROUGH KNOX AND STARK COUNTIES EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.  HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
115 PM CST FRI MAR 17 1988

...TEN DEGREE TEMPERATURE DROP IN TEN MINUTES AT THE GREATER PEORIA
AIRPORT...

A STATIONARY FRONT...DIVIDING THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN HALF...HAS
PRODUCED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND LARGE FLUCTUATIONS IN TEMPERATURE
ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  BETWEEN 1255 PM AND 105 PM...THE TEMPERATURE
AT THE GREATER PEORIA AIRPORT DROPPED TEN DEGREES...FROM 53 DEGREES
TO 43 DEGREES...AS WINDS SWITCHED FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH.

THE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY HAVOC ON TEMPERATURE
FORECASTS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S IN
BUREAU AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...AND NEAR 60 DEGREES IN TAZEWhELL AND MASON
COUNTIES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
435 PM CST FRI MAR 17 1988

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MASON...MCLEAN...AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES UNTIL
10 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHICAGO SOUTHWEST TO SAINT LOUIS.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE SAINT LOUIS AREA...HOWEVER A THUNDERSTORM
NEAR MORTON ILLINOIS...15 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA...WAS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.  THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  STAY TUNED
TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHE.R RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
4 50 PM CST FRI MAR 17 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 00 PM CST...

AT 4 45 PM...SPRINGFIELD WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND
OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
...FROM JOLIET...TO PEORIA...TO BEARDSTOWN...45 MILES WEST OF
SPRINGFIELD...TO JUST WEST OF ST. LOUIS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS...LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WIND WERE LOCATED ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER 60 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR PEARL ILLINOIS...AND JUST NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR...BRINGING THESE
STORMS INTO MACOUPIN COUNTY BETWEEN 5 15 AND 5 45...AND INTO SOUTHERN
SANGAMON AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY BY 6 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS SHOULD
SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP LICSTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

WAGNER