Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
431 WWUS83 KILX 251730 SPSILX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1230 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024 ILZ050>052-054-061-251800- Sangamon-Morgan-Christian-Moultrie-Shelby- 1230 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHRISTIAN...SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON...SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE...SHELBY AND EASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM CDT... At 1229 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a gust front from thunderstorms along a line extending from Literberry to near Taylorville to near Allenville. Movement was south at 35 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... Jacksonville, Taylorville, Pana, Shelbyville, Chatham, Alexander, Auburn, South Jacksonville, Pawnee, Kincaid, New Berlin, Waverly, Divernon, Assumption, Morrisonville, Windsor, Loami, Stewardson, Findlay, and Cowden. This includes the following highways... Interstate 55 between mile markers 77 and 88. Interstate 72 between mile markers 64 and 88. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for central and west central Illinois. && LAT...LON 3987 9022 3959 8933 3954 8851 3923 8851 3922 8914 3935 8914 3935 8953 3952 8954 3952 9029 TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 354DEG 29KT 3987 9020 3954 8933 3952 8846 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH $$ Erwin