826
WWUS53 KILX 180053 RRA
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
753 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
ILC049-173-180115-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0291.000000T0000Z-260618T0115Z/
SHELBY-EFFINGHAM-
753 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...
AT 753 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STEWARDSON, OR
11 MILES NORTHWEST OF EFFINGHAM, MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... SIGEL, TROWBRIDGE, LAKEWOOD, AND MODE.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES HIDDEN SPRINGS STATE FOREST.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 172.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 99.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL, CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3914 8880 3922 8881 3922 8891 3933 8891
3931 8847 3909 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 281DEG 50KT 3925 8869
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
NMA
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