522  
WUUS53 KILX 271736  
SVRILX  
ILC049-271800-  
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0159.260427T1736Z-260427T1800Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
1236 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 1236 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALTAMONT, OR  
9 MILES WEST OF EFFINGHAM, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  
EFFINGHAM AROUND 1240 PM CDT.  
HEARTVILLE AROUND 1245 PM CDT.  
TEUTOPOLIS AROUND 1250 PM CDT.  
DIETERICH AROUND 1255 PM CDT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 168.  
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 104.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3922 8880 3922 8878 3921 8877 3922 8876  
3922 8847 3917 8847 3917 8836 3895 8836  
3894 8881  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 261DEG 36KT 3908 8871  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
MJA  
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