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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
413 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.
* AT 413 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDGEWOOD, OR
18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
EDGEWOOD AND MASON AROUND 420 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BIBLE
GROVE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 148.
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.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3866 8870 3891 8870 3891 8880 3893 8881
3904 8837 3892 8836 3886 8836 3885 8835
3867 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 259DEG 26KT 3888 8873
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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