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WWUS53 KILX 180108
SVSILX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
808 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
ILC035-049-079-173-180130-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-260618T0130Z/
JASPER-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-
808 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN JASPER...SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY...CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND
NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...
AT 808 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SHUMWAY, OR NEAR
EFFINGHAM, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EFFINGHAM AND TEUTOPOLIS AROUND 815 PM CDT.
MONTROSE AROUND 820 PM CDT.
HIDALGO AROUND 835 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SIGEL,
TROWBRIDGE, ROSE HILL, AND WOODBURY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 176.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 119.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN
A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3913 8873 3930 8866 3935 8812 3899 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 282DEG 45KT 3918 8860
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
NMA
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