Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 10:20AM CDT until May 18 at 11:00AM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 8:20am
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 9:00am
Description:
SVRILX
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Moultrie County in central Illinois...
Piatt County in central Illinois...
Southwestern Champaign County in east central Illinois...
Western Douglas County in east central Illinois...
Southeastern Macon County in central Illinois...
* Until 1100 AM CDT.
* At 1020 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Cisco to near Long Creek to near Bethany,
moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Cerro Gordo, Bethany, Lovington, Hammond, and Cisco around 1025 AM
CDT.
Monticello and Bement around 1030 AM CDT.
Arthur, Atwood, Ivesdale, and White Heath around 1035 AM CDT.
Seymour around 1040 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Mahomet, Bondville, Sadorus, Lake Of The Woods, Champaign, Tuscola,
Tolono, Pesotum and Willard Airport.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 57 between mile markers 207 and 208, and between mile
markers 220 and 237.
Interstate 72 between mile markers 151 and 182.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 173 and 179.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Champaign, IL; Douglas, IL; Macon, IL; Moultrie, IL; Piatt, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Lincoln IL
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