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Home Return to list Severe Thunderstorm Warning 0066 Issued by the Lincoln Forecast Office
Action: New Issued At: 2025-04-02 16:50:35 440 WUUS53 KILX 022150 SVRILX ILC019-039-113-147-183-022230- /O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0066.250402T2150Z-250402T2230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Lincoln IL 450 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Piatt County in central Illinois... Eastern De Witt County in central Illinois... Northwestern Vermilion County in east central Illinois... Southeastern McLean County in central Illinois... Northern Champaign County in east central Illinois... * Until 530 PM CDT. * At 449 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Le Roy, or 13 miles northeast of Clinton, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Le Roy around 455 PM CDT. Saybrook around 500 PM CDT. This includes the following highways... Interstate 57 between mile markers 248 and 257. Interstate 74 between mile markers 144 and 171. 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. Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from windows. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central and east central Illinois. && LAT...LON 4042 8768 4008 8879 4029 8901 4062 8849 4061 8846 4040 8846 4040 8794 4049 8793 4049 8775 TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 232DEG 53KT 4028 8878 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ AAT Action: Continued Issued At: 2025-04-02 17:08:06 003 WWUS53 KILX 022207 SVSILX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 507 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 ILC019-039-113-147-183-022230- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-250402T2230Z/ Piatt-De Witt-Vermilion-McLean-Champaign- 507 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN PIATT...EASTERN DE WITT...NORTHWESTERN VERMILION... SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN AND NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES... At 506 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fisher to near Seymour, moving northeast at 70 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. These severe storms will be near... Mahomet, Fisher, and Lake Of The Woods around 510 PM CDT. Rantoul around 515 PM CDT. Gifford around 525 PM CDT. Rankin around 530 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Ellsworth, Anchor, Dewey, Ludlow, Moraine View State Park, Arrowsmith, De Witt, Galesville, Bellflower, and Cropsey. This includes the following highways... Interstate 57 between mile markers 248 and 257. Interstate 74 between mile markers 144 and 171. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for 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. These storms are producing widespread wind damage across northern Piatt and western Champaign County. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4042 8768 4008 8879 4029 8901 4062 8849 4061 8846 4040 8846 4040 8794 4049 8793 4049 8775 TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 245DEG 60KT 4028 8844 4014 8845 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ AAT |