Severe Thunderstorm Warning For Clay, Jasper, & Richland County

Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- 

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Jasper County in southeastern Illinois...
  Northwestern Richland County in southeastern Illinois...
  Northeastern Clay County in south central Illinois...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 622 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bogota, or 9
  miles southwest of Newton, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Bogota around 625 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.