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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
249 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2026  
 
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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-EDGAR-SHELBY-  
CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-  
249 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS, EAST  
CENTRAL ILLINOIS, SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TONIGHT.  
 
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD  
RAINFALL TO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE FLOODING RISK THROUGH  
TONIGHT IS LOW, BUT STRONGER STORMS MAY GENERATE LOCALIZED SMALL  
HAIL.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.  
 
ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY, WITH A 70-90% CHANCE OF  
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL. THE REPEATED ROUNDS OF RAIN COULD LEAD TO  
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS OR RISES ON RIVERS.  
 
IN ADDITION, THERE IS A LEVEL 1 OF 5 (MARGINAL) RISK FOR SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF I-70 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE  
MAIN THREAT WILL BE HAIL. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SEVERE RISK FRIDAY  
NIGHT, ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-57.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.  
 

 
 
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