287  
WFUS53 KILX 271638  
TORILX  
ILC019-041-147-271715-  
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0064.260427T1638Z-260427T1715Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
1138 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
EASTERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 1135 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A  
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER IVESDALE, OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF  
MONTICELLO, 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.  
 
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
SADORUS AROUND 1140 AM CDT.  
TOLONO AND WILLARD AIRPORT AROUND 1145 AM CDT.  
SAVOY AND PHILO AROUND 1150 AM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
SIDNEY, ST. JOSEPH, HOMER AND OGDEN.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 218 AND 247.  
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 182.  
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 197.  
 
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 4022 8794 3993 8794 3982 8854 4018 8860  
4033 8793 4023 8793  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 252DEG 42KT 3994 8847  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 
 
 
MJA  
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