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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
602 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 601 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEW HOLLAND TO NEAR SHERMAN, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SPRINGFIELD, SHERMAN, RIVERTON, WILLIAMSVILLE, ELKHART, AND
HARTSBURG AROUND 605 PM CDT.
LINCOLN AND DAWSON AROUND 610 PM CDT.
CORNLAND AROUND 615 PM CDT.
ATLANTA, MOUNT PULASKI, AND BUFFALO AROUND 620 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
BEASON, CHESTNUT AND LATHAM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 8.
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 144.
INTERSTATE 72 NEAR MILE MARKER 94, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND
123.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4028 8959 4031 8916 3992 8915 3992 8922
3984 8922 3974 8972 4006 8982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 259DEG 34KT 4020 8955 3987 8965
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
SHIMON
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