Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 3 at 10:33PM CDT until July 3 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 3, 2026 - 8:33pm
Expires:
July 3, 2026 - 9:15pm
Description:
SVRILX
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Sangamon County in central Illinois...
* Until 1115 PM CDT.
* At 1033 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Berlin,
or 12 miles west of Springfield, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Sangamon County, including the following locations...
Salisbury, Cantrall, Berlin, and Curran.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 55 between mile markers 102 and 110.
Interstate 72 between mile markers 80 and 91.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Sangamon, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Lincoln IL
Sender: