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WWUS53 KILX 181550
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1050 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
ILC115-139-181559-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-260518T1600Z/
MOULTRIE-MACON-
1050 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MOULTRIE AND
SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3972 8829 3967 8847 3979 8847 4013 8856
4025 8828 4005 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 243DEG 41KT 4019 8841 3996 8839 3974 8841
ILC019-041-147-181600-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-260518T1600Z/
PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-DOUGLAS-
1050 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIATT...SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN AND WESTERN DOUGLAS
COUNTIES...
AT 1049 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MAHOMET TO NEAR SADORUS TO NEAR ARTHUR, 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.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CHAMPAIGN, TUSCOLA, MAHOMET, TOLONO, PESOTUM, BONDVILLE, SADORUS,
LAKE OF THE WOODS, AND WILLARD AIRPORT AROUND 1055 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
CHESTERVILLE, BOURBON, AND GARRETT.
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 168 AND 182.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 172 AND 179.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3972 8829 3967 8847 3979 8847 4013 8856
4025 8828 4005 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 243DEG 41KT 4019 8841 3996 8839 3974 8841
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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