769  
WUUS53 KILX 181520  
SVRILX  
ILC019-041-115-139-147-181600-  
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0213.260518T1520Z-260518T1600Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
1020 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 1020 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CISCO TO NEAR LONG CREEK TO NEAR BETHANY,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
CERRO GORDO, BETHANY, LOVINGTON, HAMMOND, AND CISCO AROUND 1025 AM  
CDT.  
MONTICELLO AND BEMENT AROUND 1030 AM CDT.  
ARTHUR, ATWOOD, IVESDALE, AND WHITE HEATH AROUND 1035 AM CDT.  
SEYMOUR AROUND 1040 AM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE  
MAHOMET, BONDVILLE, SADORUS, LAKE OF THE WOODS, CHAMPAIGN, TUSCOLA,  
TOLONO, PESOTUM AND WILLARD AIRPORT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 207 AND 208, AND BETWEEN MILE  
MARKERS 220 AND 237.  
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 182.  
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 179.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3972 8829 3958 8881 3965 8881 3966 8883  
4001 8881 4025 8828 4005 8827  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 243DEG 41KT 4005 8878 3982 8876 3960 8877  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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