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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
652 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.
* AT 652 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LE ROY TO NEAR OREANA TO NEAR
TAYLORVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
DECATUR, MOUNT ZION, FARMER CITY, MOWEAQUA, CERRO GORDO, LONG
CREEK, MACON, SAYBROOK, DE LAND, AND WELDON AROUND 655 PM CDT.
MONTICELLO, BEMENT, ASSUMPTION, MANSFIELD, AND DALTON CITY AROUND
700 PM CDT.
MAHOMET, FISHER, SEYMOUR, AND WHITE HEATH AROUND 705 PM CDT.
BETHANY, LOVINGTON, HAMMOND, BONDVILLE, IVESDALE, AND LAKE OF THE
WOODS AROUND 710 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
CHAMPAIGN, ATWOOD, SADORUS, WILLARD AIRPORT, URBANA, RANTOUL,
SULLIVAN, SAVOY, TOLONO, ARTHUR, THOMASBORO, PESOTUM, TUSCOLA, PHILO,
ST. JOSEPH, VILLA GROVE, SIDNEY, GIFFORD AND ALLENVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 257.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 182.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 197.
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 AND
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3953 8797 3952 8942 3995 8897 4045 8871
4046 8846 4040 8846 4040 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 267DEG 46KT 4039 8866 3992 8882 3957 8922
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
SHIMON
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