249  
WWUS83 KILX 272126  
SPSILX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
426 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2026  
 
ILZ051>053-272200-  
SANGAMON-MACON-CHRISTIAN-  
426 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN CHRISTIAN
 
 
NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON AND SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM  
CDT...  
 
AT 425 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
BUFFALO, OR 13 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...  
TAYLORVILLE, ROCHESTER, RIVERTON, KINCAID, BLUE MOUND, EDINBURG,  
STONINGTON, ILLIOPOLIS, NIANTIC, MECHANICSBURG, DAWSON, BUFFALO,  
MOUNT AUBURN, JEISYVILLE, SPAULDING, CLEAR LAKE, WILLEYS, SHARPSBURG,  
TAYLORVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AND LANGLEYVILLE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 128.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3984 8959 3993 8941 3992 8940 3992 8921  
3966 8903 3949 8935  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 324DEG 32KT 3984 8942  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
COPPLE  
 
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