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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

National Weather Service Lincoln IL

731 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024



The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

  Piatt County in central Illinois...

  Southern De Witt County in central Illinois...

  Macon County in central Illinois...



* Until 815 PM CDT.



* At 731 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line

  extending from Kenney to Warrensburg to near Harristown, moving

  east at 45 mph.



  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.



  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.



  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 

           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.



* Severe thunderstorms will be near...

  Decatur, Clinton, Mount Zion, Forsyth, Maroa, Harristown, Oreana, 

  and Kenney around 735 PM CDT.

  Long Creek, Argenta, and Decatur Airport around 740 PM CDT.

  Cerro Gordo, Weldon, and Cisco around 750 PM CDT.

  Monticello, Bement, Hammond, and De Land around 800 PM CDT.

  White Heath around 805 PM CDT.



Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Boody,

Milmine, Weldon Springs State Park, La Place, Lane, Elwin,

Galesville, Lodge, and Oakley.



This includes Interstate 72 between mile markers 129 and 170.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.



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LAT...LON 3980 8847 3979 8875 3978 8879 3976 8914

      3980 8914 3981 8916 3993 8914 3995 8915

      4013 8915 4019 8857 4004 8848

TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 264DEG 38KT 4009 8911 3994 8903 3978 8908 



THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH



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Shimon