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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1124 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
ILZ051>053-180500-
SANGAMON-MACON-CHRISTIAN-
1124 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHRISTIAN
SANGAMON AND
SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 1123 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOAMI TO DIVERNON TO NEAR RAYMOND.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD, TAYLORVILLE, PANA, CHATHAM, AUBURN, SHERMAN, ROCHESTER,
RIVERTON, PAWNEE, KINCAID, WILLIAMSVILLE, HARRISTOWN, DIVERNON,
ASSUMPTION, BLUE MOUND, EDINBURG, MORRISONVILLE, STONINGTON,
ILLIOPOLIS, AND LOAMI.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 111.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 132.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN LINCOLN.
LAT...LON 3964 8990 3998 8955 3997 8948 3994 8948
3993 8941 3992 8940 3992 8920 3990 8909
3968 8903 3936 8903 3935 8907 3935 8953
3952 8953 3952 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 231DEG 48KT 3964 8978 3957 8964 3929 8949
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
GEELHART
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