947  
WUUS53 KILX 271629  
SVRILX  
ILC019-039-041-113-139-147-183-271730-  
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0156.260427T1629Z-260427T1730Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
1129 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
EASTERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
NORTHEASTERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 1129 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR COLFAX TO NEAR SAYBROOK TO NEAR BONDVILLE TO  
NEAR ARCOLA TO NEAR COOKS MILL, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
CHAMPAIGN, URBANA, RANTOUL, SAVOY, TOLONO, VILLA GROVE, FISHER,  
PHILO, THOMASBORO, AND PESOTUM AROUND 1135 AM CDT.  
ST. JOSEPH AND SIDNEY AROUND 1140 AM CDT.  
HOMER, GIFFORD, OGDEN, AND BROADLANDS AROUND 1145 AM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE  
FITHIAN, ALLERTON, POTOMAC, FAIRMOUNT, RANKIN, CATLIN, OAKWOOD,  
DANVILLE, HOOPESTON, WESTVILLE, TILTON, ROSSVILLE, GEORGETOWN AND  
VERMILION REGIONAL AIRPORT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 215 AND 257.  
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 182.  
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 143 AND 151, AND BETWEEN MILE  
MARKERS 161 AND 220.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3979 8847 3980 8863 4007 8857 4028 8862  
4037 8890 4062 8852 4061 8846 4040 8846  
4040 8794 4049 8793 4049 8753 4000 8753  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 239DEG 53KT 4048 8862 4039 8847 4015 8832 3974  
8835 3956 8846  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
MJA  
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