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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
657 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

ILZ038-043>045-071230-
Piatt-De Witt-McLean-Champaign-
657 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN PIATT...NORTHEASTERN DE
WITT...EASTERN MCLEAN AND NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES THROUGH 730 AM
CDT...

At 657 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Gridley to near Le Roy to Monticello.
Movement was northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Champaign, Urbana, Rantoul, Monticello, Savoy, Mahomet, St. Joseph,
Le Roy, Lexington, Farmer City, Fisher, Chenoa, Gridley, Thomasboro,
Colfax, Mansfield, Saybrook, Towanda, De Land, and Bondville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 55 between mile markers 171 and 187.
 Interstate 57 between mile markers 229 and 254.
 Interstate 72 between mile markers 161 and 182.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 147 and 194.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for central
Illinois.

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LAT...LON 3997 8865 4074 8898 4076 8880 4076 8859
      4062 8858 4061 8846 4040 8846 4040 8816
      4008 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 229DEG 46KT 4070 8886 4034 8870 4003 8860

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Shimon