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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
849 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
ILC057-143-179-190230-
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FULTON-TAZEWELL-PEORIA-
849 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FULTON...NORTHERN TAZEWELL AND SOUTHERN PEORIA
COUNTIES...
AT 849 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GLASFORD, OR 8
MILES WEST OF PEKIN, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PEKIN AND MAPLETON AROUND 855 PM CDT.
MARQUETTE HEIGHTS AROUND 900 PM CDT.
MORTON AND TREMONT AROUND 905 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
POWERTON, NORTH PEKIN, GROVELAND, KINGSTON MINES, AND SMITHVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 31.
INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 14.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 105.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 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.
LAT...LON 4054 8999 4066 8990 4073 8941 4050 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 274DEG 38KT 4057 8978
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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