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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
753 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

ILZ045-046-055>057-062-063-050130-
Douglas-Coles-Vermilion-Clark-Champaign-Cumberland-Edgar-
753 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN COLES...EDGAR...CLARK...
VERMILION...CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN AND SOUTHEASTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM CDT...

At 751 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a gust front preceding a
line of thunderstorms extending from near Potomac to near Rardin to
near Teutopolis. Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Low or rapidly changing visibility over
         short distances will result in hazardous travel conditions.

Locations impacted include...
Danville, Charleston, Paris, Hoopeston, Marshall, Casey, Greenup,
Toledo, Georgetown, Westville, Tilton, Catlin, Oakwood, Chrisman,
Rossville, Martinsville, Ridge Farm, Oakland, Newman, and Kansas.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 107 and 154.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 199 and 220.

&&

LAT...LON 3931 8762 3930 8760 3925 8759 3925 8757
      3922 8757 3919 8760 3918 8845 3951 8828
      3987 8794 4049 8790 4049 8753 3945 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 286DEG 28KT 4037 8782 3965 8812 3910 8846

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

$$

Deubelbeiss