150  
WUUS53 KILX 211952  
SVRILX  
ILC049-173-212115-  
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0300.260621T1952Z-260621T2115Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
252 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 251 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WRIGHTS  
CORNER, OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF VANDALIA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  
COWDEN AND BEECHER CITY AROUND 300 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
STEWARDSON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 172.  
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 99.  
 
THIS ALSO INCLUDES HIDDEN SPRINGS STATE FOREST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL,  
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3922 8880 3922 8897 3945 8858 3945 8847  
3904 8847 3898 8880  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 238DEG 26KT 3915 8893  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
ERWIN  
 
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