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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
944 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT.
* AT 944 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LERNA, OR
NEAR CHARLESTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHARLESTON AROUND 950 AM CDT.
RARDIN AROUND 955 AM CDT.
OAKLAND AROUND 1000 AM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 188 AND 189.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3948 8799 3948 8801 3947 8801 3938 8824
3943 8835 3981 8812 3959 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 1444Z 223DEG 41KT 3945 8823
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
BARNES
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