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WWUS83 KILX 081811
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
111 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2026
ILZ045-046-055>057-062-063-081845-
DOUGLAS-COLES-VERMILION-CLARK-CHAMPAIGN-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-
111 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT COLES...WESTERN EDGAR
NORTHWESTERN CLARK...SOUTHWESTERN VERMILION...NORTH CENTRAL
CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES THROUGH 145
PM CDT...
AT 111 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM VILLA GROVE TO NEAR JANESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON, MATTOON, TUSCOLA, ARCOLA, ST. JOSEPH, TOLONO, VILLA
GROVE, PHILO, SIDNEY, HOMER, OAKLAND, NEWMAN, OGDEN, KANSAS, ASHMORE,
FAIRMOUNT, SIDELL, WESTFIELD, PESOTUM, AND FITHIAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 223.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 196 AND 205.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4022 8779 3946 8781 3927 8835 3991 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 231DEG 22KT 3985 8819 3942 8820
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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