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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
738 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.
* AT 738 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR VILLA GROVE TO NEAR FINDLAY TO NEAR RAMSEY,
MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
ARCOLA, NEWMAN, WINDSOR, COWDEN, BEECHER CITY, HUMBOLDT,
ALLENVILLE, AND COOKS MILL AROUND 745 PM CDT.
MATTOON, STEWARDSON, AND HUME AROUND 750 PM CDT.
OAKLAND, BROCTON, SHUMWAY, AND RARDIN AROUND 755 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
NEOGA, CHRISMAN, CHARLESTON, EFFINGHAM, LERNA, TEUTOPOLIS, ASHMORE,
JANESVILLE, TOLEDO, KANSAS, MONTROSE, EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT, PARIS AND
JEWETT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 205.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 119.
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 SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL, CENTRAL, SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3948 8785 3948 8801 3935 8801 3917 8825
3917 8836 3908 8836 3904 8841 3904 8881
3922 8880 3922 8901 3954 8873 3973 8826
3988 8799 3988 8754 3980 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 266DEG 42KT 3984 8808 3948 8870 3915 8902
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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