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WWUS83 KILX 051308
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
808 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

ILZ045-046-051345-
Vermilion-Champaign-
808 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT VERMILION AND NORTHEASTERN
CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES THROUGH 845 AM CDT...

At 807 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Potomac, or 12 miles southeast of Paxton, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Danville, Rantoul, Hoopeston, Westville, Tilton, Catlin, Oakwood,
Rossville, Gifford, Ogden, Potomac, Fairmount, Rankin, Fithian,
Vermilion Regional Airport, Bismarck, Belgium, Ludlow, Royal, and
Henning.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 57 between mile markers 254 and 257.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 195 and 219.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 4004 8794 4039 8819 4040 8816 4040 8794
      4049 8793 4049 8764 4007 8753 4004 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 232DEG 37KT 4035 8791

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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