536  
WWUS83 KILX 081844  
SPSILX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
144 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2026  
 
ILZ045-046-055>057-063-081915-  
DOUGLAS-COLES-VERMILION-CLARK-CHAMPAIGN-EDGAR-  
144 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN COLES...EDGAR  
 
NORTHWESTERN CLARK...SOUTHWESTERN VERMILION...SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN  
AND EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM CDT...  
 
AT 144 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOMER TO NEAR ALLERTON TO NEAR ASHMORE.  
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 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...  
PARIS, ST. JOSEPH, GEORGETOWN, CATLIN, OAKWOOD, CHRISMAN, SIDNEY,  
HOMER, RIDGE FARM, OAKLAND, NEWMAN, OGDEN, KANSAS, ASHMORE,  
FAIRMOUNT, SIDELL, WESTFIELD, FITHIAN, HUME, AND BROADLANDS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 192 AND 212.  
 
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 4033 8773 3999 8764 3952 8771 3943 8809  
4009 8811  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 241DEG 18KT 4003 8799 3987 8791 3951 8798  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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