Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 15 at 6:21PM CDT until March 15 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 15, 2026 - 4:21pm
Expires:
March 15, 2026 - 5:00pm
Description:
SVRILX
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Piatt County in central Illinois...
De Witt County in central Illinois...
Southeastern McLean County in central Illinois...
Northeastern Macon County in central Illinois...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 621 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Downs to near Decatur, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Decatur, Le Roy, Long Creek, Downs, Argenta, Oreana, and Decatur
Airport around 625 PM CDT.
Cerro Gordo, Weldon, and Cisco around 630 PM CDT.
Farmer City and De Land around 635 PM CDT.
Monticello and Colfax around 640 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Bement, Mansfield, Saybrook, White Heath and Ivesdale.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 72 between mile markers 142 and 173.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 137 and 168.
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 1000 PM CDT for central and
east central Illinois.
Area Description:
De Witt, IL; McLean, IL; Macon, IL; Piatt, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Lincoln IL
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