Severe Thunderstorm Watch Illinois | Effective 03/26/2026 20:52

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 26 at 10:52PM CDT until March 27 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
March 26, 2026 - 8:52pm
Expires: 
March 26, 2026 - 11:00pm
Description: 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 76, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHRISTIAN DE WITT LOGAN MACON MASON MCLEAN MENARD SANGAMON SHELBY TAZEWELL IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN CLARK COLES CUMBERLAND DOUGLAS EDGAR MOULTRIE PIATT VERMILION IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS CRAWFORD JASPER LAWRENCE IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CASS MORGAN SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEARDSTOWN, BLOOMINGTON, CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DANVILLE, DECATUR, GREENUP, HAVANA, JACKSONVILLE, LAWRENCEVILLE, LINCOLN, MARSHALL, MATTOON, MONTICELLO, NEWTON, NORMAL, PARIS, PEKIN, PETERSBURG, ROBINSON, SHELBYVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, SULLIVAN, TAYLORVILLE, TUSCOLA, URBANA, AND WINCHESTER.
Area Description: 
Cass, IL; Champaign, IL; Christian, IL; Clark, IL; Coles, IL; Crawford, IL; Cumberland, IL; De Witt, IL; Douglas, IL; Edgar, IL; Jasper, IL; Lawrence, IL; Logan, IL; McLean, IL; Macon, IL; Mason, IL; Menard, IL; Morgan, IL; Moultrie, IL; Piatt, IL; Sangamon, IL; Scott, IL; Shelby, IL; Tazewell, IL; Vermilion, IL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Lincoln IL