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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1008 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
ILC019-041-139-147-180330-
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MOULTRIE-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-DOUGLAS-
1008 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN MOULTRIE...SOUTHEASTERN PIATT...SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN AND
DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
AT 1008 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PHILO TO NEAR LOVINGTON, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 1004 PM, A 59 MPH WIND GUST
WAS REPORTED AT WILLARD AIRPORT.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
TUSCOLA, VILLA GROVE, ARTHUR, PHILO, SIDNEY, HOMER, AND PESOTUM
AROUND 1015 PM CDT.
ARCOLA, CAMARGO, AND BROADLANDS AROUND 1020 PM CDT.
NEWMAN AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
CHESTERVILLE, MURDOCK, CADWELL, LONGVIEW, GARRETT, HINDSBORO,
FAIRLAND, BOURBON, LAKE CITY, AND WALNUT POINT STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 202 AND 230.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY, IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE, SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3981 8794 3979 8797 3966 8807 3965 8881
4005 8846 4007 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 268DEG 41KT 4003 8815 3967 8865
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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