Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

ILZ025-034-150725-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
120 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS
OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM MOLINE EXTNDING SOUTHWEST TO KEOKUK
IOWA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  THE STRONGER STORMS WERE STILL
OVER EASTERN IOWA.  THE STORMS SEEM TO BE SKIRTING NORTHEAST TO JUST
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND HAVE NOT YET MOVED INTO WESTERN
ILLINOIS.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO HANCOCK AND
HENDERSON COUNTIES BY 2 AM.
STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING
THESE STORMS.

AT JSIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

STUMETZ
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ILZ025>027-034-150820-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
219 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FOR PORTIONS
OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AT 220 AM...MOST THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER...HOWEVER OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER
WARREN...MCDONOUGH AND SCHUYLER CONTIES WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
5 MILES EAST OF BURLINGTON IOWA AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACOMB.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE STONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THESE STORMS.

STUMETZ

ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-150855-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
251 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 9 AM CDT...

AT 250 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS MAINLY BETWEEN THE MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVER.  THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS IN FULTON COUNTY NEAR LEWISTON.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMEN6TS AD
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STUMETZ

ILZ042-047-048-050-051-059-150905-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
306 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...

AT 3 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR FROM SPRINGFIELD SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF THE QUAD CITIES...TO
SOUTH OF QUINCY...AND WESTWARD TOWARD COLUMBIA MISSOURI.  THE STORMS ARE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES BY
4 PM...AND REACH THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AROUND 5 AM.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER
WHILE TRAVELLING ACROSS IOWA...MISSOURI...AND FAR WESTERN ILLINOIS.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL OF
DANGEROUS WEATHER THIS MORNING.  MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR
ROOM IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.

GEELHART

ILZ043-044-051>053-150945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
341 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE QUICKLY DEVELOPING NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...

AT 330 AM CDT...SPRINGFIELD RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN
DE WITT COUNTY NEAR CLINTON...AND JUST NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD.  THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF FARMER CITY... DECATUR...
A$ND ILLIOPOLIS BY 445 AM CDT.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

GEELHART

ILZ017-018-025>031-034>038-040-041-150950-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
347 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 9 AM CDT...

AT 350 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WAS FROM 10 MILES
EAST OF MOLINE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF ST LOUIS.  THE
STRONGER STORMS WITHIN THE LINE WERE IN FULTON AND KNOX COUNTY.
ANOTHER ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BLOOMINGTON NEAR LEROY.  MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WERE NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE
STORMS ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

REMENBER...TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE
TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

STUMETZ