308  
WUUS53 KILX 181745  
SVRILX  
ILC019-181830-  
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0152.250618T1745Z-250618T1830Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
1245 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 1245 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GIBSON CITY TO NEAR THOMASBORO  
TO NEAR PHILO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
RANTOUL, ST. JOSEPH, PHILO, AND SIDNEY AROUND 1250 PM CDT.  
GIFFORD AROUND 1255 PM CDT.  
HOMER AND OGDEN AROUND 100 PM CDT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 220 AND 257.  
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 182.  
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 197.  
 
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.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4023 8793 4022 8794 4003 8794 3989 8831  
4040 8840 4040 8793  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 229DEG 24KT 4042 8828 4019 8814 3997 8815  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
NMA  
 
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