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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
412 PM CDT Fri Jun 27 2025
 

ILZ048-051-272130-
Sangamon-Menard-
412 PM CDT Fri Jun 27 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL MENARD AND WESTERN
SANGAMON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM CDT...

At 411 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, or 7 miles west
of Springfield, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Athens, Chatham, Auburn, Sherman, Rochester, New Berlin,
Loami, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport,
Jerome, Southern View, Leland Grove, Grandview, Thayer, Clear Lake,
Curran, Berlin, Cantrall, and Glenarm.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 55 between mile markers 83 and 102.
 Interstate 72 between mile markers 81 and 106.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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LAT...LON 3998 8971 3973 8944 3952 8980 3952 8991
      3976 8998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 230DEG 25KT 3979 8979 

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

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