BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
316 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR BEMENT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF MONTICELLO...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR ALSO INDICATED ANOTHER TORNADO NEAR OGDEN
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. CHAMPAIGN COUNTY ESDA REPORTED A TORNADO
JUST EAST OF OGDEN AT 315 PM

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
WHITE HEATH
SEYMOUR
PESOTUM
TOLONO
SAVOY
CHAMPAIGN
URBANA
PHILO

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...ACT NOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE TORNADO BEFORE TAKING ACTION. YOU MAY
NOT SEE OR HEAR ITS APPROACH.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 4006 8869 3986 8869 3988 8795 4041 8795

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