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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
845 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
ILC123-179-203-180200-
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MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-
845 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...WOODFORD AND NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL
COUNTIES...
AT 844 PM CDT, A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED NEAR
TOLUCA, OR 11 MILES EAST OF LACON, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
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.
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
TOLUCA AND WENONA AROUND 850 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PANOLA, LOW POINT, CAZENOVIA, LA ROSE, AND KAPPA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 37.
INTERSTATE 74 NEAR MILE MARKER 105.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4093 8905 4092 8893 4075 8893 4075 8899
4069 8898 4068 8900 4062 8941 4098 8931
4106 8905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 249DEG 43KT 4097 8919
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
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