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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
636 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025
 

ILZ044-045-052>055-070000-
Douglas-Macon-Piatt-Christian-Moultrie-Champaign-
636 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN...NORTHERN
MOULTRIE...SOUTHERN PIATT...SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN...WESTERN DOUGLAS
AND MACON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM CDT...

At 636 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Cerro Gordo, or 11 miles southwest of Monticello,
moving northeast 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...
Decatur, Tuscola, Arcola, Mount Zion, Forsyth, Arthur, Bement, Cerro
Gordo, Harristown, Long Creek, Atwood, Blue Mound, Macon, Lovington,
Argenta, Oreana, Pesotum, Dalton City, Hammond, and Sadorus.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 57 between mile markers 202 and 225.
 Interstate 72 between mile markers 128 and 154.

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 3966 8827 3966 8928 3982 8921 4001 8878
      3997 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 219DEG 31KT 3993 8873 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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