Begin forwarded message: > From: interwarn@xxxxxxxx > Date: June 3, 2010 2:26:08 PM EDT > To: reedyk@xxxxxx > Subject: Special Weather Statement > > > WWUS83 KILX 031823 > SPSILX > > SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL > 123 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 > > ILZ052-054>057-061-032100- > CHRISTIAN-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- > INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORVILLE...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... > SHELBYVILLE > 123 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 > > ..FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED OVER CHRISTIAN AND SHELBY COUNTIES... > > FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE SIGHTED NEAR TOWER HILL IN WEST CENTRAL > SHELBY COUNTY AT 115 PM...AND SOUTH OF TAYLORVILLE IN CENTRAL > CHRISTIAN COUNTY AT 110 PM. > > ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS EXIST TODAY SOUTH OF I-72 AND NORTH OF I-70 > THAT FAVOR THE POSSIBLE FORMATION OF WEAK CIRCULATIONS ON A PRE- > EXISTING BOUNDARY. SOME OF THESE CIRCULATIONS ARE OCCURRING > UNDERNEATH DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHERE A FUNNEL > CLOUD MAY DEVELOP. ONCE THE RAIN BEGINS...THE FUNNEL CLOUD > DISSIPATES. ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON > FURTHER EAST OVER MOULTRIE...DOUGLAS...COLES AND EDGAR COUNTIES. > > LOW HANGING CLOUDS CAN ALSO APPEAR TO DIP UP AND DOWN AT TIMES...BUT > THEY WILL NOT SHOW SIGNS OF ANY RAPID ROTATION. AN ACTUAL FUNNEL > CLOUD WILL EXHIBIT SPINNING IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION. > > IN RARE INSTANCES THESE FUNNELS MAY BRIEFLY TOUCHDOWN. STAY ALERT > AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A FUNNEL CLOUD APPROACHES > THE GROUND. > > $$ > > 07 > > WWWW > > > > This weather bulletin was brought to you by InterWARN at www.interwarn.com Illiana Skywarn - Serving the Wabash Valley since 1974 Participate or Listen on: 145.230 (- / no PL) Vigo, Edgar, Clark, Vermillion, Parke, Clay and Sullivan 146.715 (- / no PL) overflow for Vermillion and Parke 444.600 (+ / no PL) UHF link into 145.230/r 146.685 (- / 151.4Hz) as a backup