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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
620 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.
* AT 620 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SPRINGFIELD TO AUBURN, MOVING EAST AT 55 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, ROCHESTER, RIVERTON, PAWNEE, DIVERNON, AND DAWSON
AROUND 625 PM CDT.
MECHANICSBURG AND BUFFALO AROUND 630 PM CDT.
KINCAID, EDINBURG, AND JEISYVILLE AROUND 635 PM CDT.
TAYLORVILLE, ILLIOPOLIS, AND MOUNT AUBURN AROUND 640 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
STONINGTON, NIANTIC, DECATUR, HARRISTOWN AND BLUE MOUND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 101.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 143.
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 3985 8970 3992 8927 3992 8915 3994 8914
3998 8890 3965 8895 3965 8902 3952 8903
3950 8953 3952 8954 3953 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 264DEG 48KT 3980 8963 3956 8975
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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