Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
323 WWUS83 KILX 220250 SPSILX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 950 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024 ILZ038-043>046-053>057-061>063-220345- Macon-Vermilion-Clark-McLean-Cumberland-Edgar-Douglas-Coles-Piatt-De Witt-Champaign-Moultrie-Shelby- 950 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024 ...STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT COLES...EDGAR... MOULTRIE...CLARK...CUMBERLAND...DOUGLAS...MACON...SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN... SHELBY...PIATT...DE WITT...VERMILION...EASTERN MCLEAN AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM CDT... At 948 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong showers and thunderstorms in central Illinois, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Champaign, Decatur, Urbana, Danville, Charleston, Mattoon, Rantoul, Paris, Clinton, Monticello, Hoopeston, Shelbyville, Tuscola, Sullivan, Marshall, Arcola, Casey, Neoga, Greenup, and Toledo. This includes the following highways... Interstate 55 between mile markers 179 and 186. Interstate 57 between mile markers 169 and 257. Interstate 70 between mile markers 111 and 154. Interstate 72 between mile markers 131 and 182. Interstate 74 between mile markers 142 and 220. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 3931 8762 3918 8761 3924 8912 3935 8912 3935 8902 3965 8902 3966 8911 3985 8910 4074 8877 4075 8858 4062 8858 4061 8847 4040 8846 4040 8794 4049 8793 4049 8753 3937 8753 TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 236DEG 44KT 4005 8843 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH $$ Auten