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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
507 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025


ILC019-039-113-147-183-022230-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-250402T2230Z/
Piatt-De Witt-Vermilion-McLean-Champaign-
507 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN PIATT...EASTERN DE WITT...NORTHWESTERN VERMILION...
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN AND NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES...

At 506 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fisher to near Seymour, moving northeast at 70
mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

These severe storms will be near...
  Mahomet, Fisher, and Lake Of The Woods around 510 PM CDT.
  Rantoul around 515 PM CDT.
  Gifford around 525 PM CDT.
  Rankin around 530 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Ellsworth, Anchor, Dewey, Ludlow, Moraine View State Park,
Arrowsmith, De Witt, Galesville, Bellflower, and Cropsey.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 57 between mile markers 248 and 257.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 144 and 171.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central and
east central Illinois.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

These storms are producing widespread wind damage across northern 
Piatt and western Champaign County. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy 
structure and stay away from windows.
 
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4042 8768 4008 8879 4029 8901 4062 8849
      4061 8846 4040 8846 4040 8794 4049 8793
      4049 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 245DEG 60KT 4028 8844 4014 8845 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

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