A wedge tornado is a tornado that is large...sometimes 1/2 miles wide or larger.
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
840 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
ILC107-167-130315-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-060313T0315Z/
SANGAMON-LOGAN-
840 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR
NORTHERN SANGAMON AND SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES...
AT 836 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DAWSON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
MECHANICSBURG.
ILLIOPOLIS.
I-72 FROM MILE MARKER 110 TO 122.
MOUNT PULASKI.
CHESTNUT.