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WWUS53 KILX 180123
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
823 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
ILC125-179-180145-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-260418T0145Z/
TAZEWELL-MASON-
823 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
TAZEWELL AND NORTHEASTERN MASON COUNTIES...
AT 822 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH PEKIN, OR 7
MILES SOUTH OF PEKIN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PEKIN AND TREMONT AROUND 830 PM CDT.
MORTON AND MACKINAW AROUND 835 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DILLON
AND GROVELAND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND 31.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 105.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN
A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 4044 8929 4038 8971 4049 8979 4064 8941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 243DEG 52KT 4046 8967
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
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