185  
WUUS53 KILX 280024  
SVRILX  
ILC183-280100-  
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0174.260428T0024Z-260428T0100Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
724 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 724 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GIFFORD TO NEAR VILLA GROVE, MOVING EAST AT 60  
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...  
POTOMAC AND FITHIAN AROUND 730 PM CDT.  
OAKWOOD, ROSSVILLE, FAIRMOUNT, AND ALLERTON AROUND 735 PM CDT.  
DANVILLE, CATLIN, AND SIDELL AROUND 740 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE  
WESTVILLE, TILTON, VERMILION REGIONAL AIRPORT, GEORGETOWN AND RIDGE  
FARM.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 220.  
 
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 EAST CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3989 8794 4049 8793 4049 8753 3989 8753  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 269DEG 51KT 4036 8797 3989 8820  
 
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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