Begin forwarded message: > From: interwarn@xxxxxxxx > Date: June 3, 2010 4:37:43 PM EDT > To: reedyk@xxxxxx > Subject: Special Weather Statement > > > WWUS83 KILX 032034 > SPSILX > > SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL > 334 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 > > ILZ055>057-032300- > DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR- > INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...MATTOON > 334 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 > > ..FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED NEAR CHRISMAN IN EDGAR COUNTY... > > FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE SIGHTED NEAR CHRISMAN IN NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY > AROUND 320 PM. > > ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS EXIST THIS AFTERNOON 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 APPEAR THROUGH 6 PM OVER EDGAR...COLES AND DOUGLAS > COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN TUSCOLA AND CHARLESTON/MATTOON > AND FROM CHRISMAN TO PARIS. > > 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 > > > > 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