976  
WUUS53 KILX 010113  
SVRILX  
ILC035-049-173-010200-  
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0093.250501T0113Z-250501T0200Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
813 PM CDT WED APR 30 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
NORTH CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 813 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TEUTOPOLIS,  
OR NEAR EFFINGHAM, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF  
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY, WESTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTH CENTRAL EFFINGHAM  
COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... SIGEL.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 179.  
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 97.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING  
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS  
ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,  
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH  
CENTRAL, CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3928 8817 3912 8858 3919 8864 3937 8843  
3937 8835  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 232DEG 21KT 3919 8853  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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