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WWUS53 KILX 180301
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1001 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
ILC019-180315-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-260418T0315Z/
CHAMPAIGN-
1001 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY...
AT 1001 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PAXTON TO NEAR THOMASBORO TO WILLARD AIRPORT,
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CHAMPAIGN, URBANA, RANTOUL, SAVOY, THOMASBORO, GIFFORD, AND
WILLARD AIRPORT AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
ST. JOSEPH AROUND 1015 PM CDT.
OGDEN AROUND 1020 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE ROYAL,
LUDLOW, FLATVILLE, PENFIELD, AND DEWEY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 230 AND 257.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 182.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 AND 197.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
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.
LAT...LON 4005 8795 4004 8846 4040 8836 4040 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 271DEG 33KT 4046 8802 4022 8825 4004 8830
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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