Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 11 at 6:45PM CDT until June 11 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 11, 2026 - 4:45pm
Expires:
June 11, 2026 - 5:45pm
Description:
SVRILX
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Piatt County in central Illinois...
Eastern De Witt County in central Illinois...
Southeastern McLean County in central Illinois...
Western Champaign County in east central Illinois...
Northeastern Macon County in central Illinois...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 645 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Lexington to Heyworth to near Mount Pulaski,
moving east at 55 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.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Farmer City and Saybrook around 700 PM CDT.
Weldon around 705 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Argenta, Mansfield, Oreana, De Land, Mahomet, Fisher, Cisco, Lake Of
The Woods, Monticello, Seymour, White Heath, Champaign, Rantoul,
Bement, Thomasboro, Bondville, Urbana, Savoy, Ivesdale, Sadorus and
Willard Airport.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 57 between mile markers 226 and 256.
Interstate 72 between mile markers 140 and 182.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 153 and 187.
Instruction:
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 central
Illinois.
Area Description:
Champaign, IL; De Witt, IL; McLean, IL; Macon, IL; Piatt, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Lincoln IL
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