979  
WWUS73 KILX 200759  
NPWILX  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
159 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>056-061-201500-  
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-260220T1500Z/  
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-  
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-  
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-  
COLES-SHELBY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DECATUR, PEORIA, SHELBYVILLE, PEKIN,  
DANVILLE, TOULON, CLINTON, GALESBURG, CANTON, NORMAL, CHARLESTON,  
HAVANA, MATTOON, TAYLORVILLE, JACKSONVILLE, CHAMPAIGN, TUSCOLA,  
BLOOMINGTON, LACON, SPRINGFIELD, EUREKA, MONTICELLO, RUSHVILLE,  
BEARDSTOWN, WINCHESTER, URBANA, LINCOLN, SULLIVAN, AND PETERSBURG  
159 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2026  
   
..WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, AND WEST CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE  
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.  
 

 
 

 
 
MJA  
 
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