Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
930 WWUS53 KILX 022240 SVSILX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 540 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024 ILC057-143-169-022315- /O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-240502T2315Z/ Fulton-Schuyler-Peoria- 540 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR FULTON...NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER AND SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTIES... At 539 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Adair, or 13 miles west of Lewistown, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 635 pm, a trained weather spotter reported sustained 60 to 70 mph winds north of Table Grove, and noted numerous trees down along highway 136. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Canton, Lewistown, Cuba, Avon, Vermont, St. David, Fairview, Ipava, Table Grove, Dunfermline, Bernadotte, Smithfield, Bryant, Banner, Marietta, Ellisville, and Fiatt. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4028 9045 4072 9044 4071 9039 4056 8980 4026 9035 4028 9058 TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 221DEG 31KT 4042 9040 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ Bumgardner