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

ILZ044-045-053>055-070045-
Douglas-Macon-Piatt-Moultrie-Champaign-
712 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN MOULTRIE...SOUTHERN
PIATT...SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN...NORTHERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN MACON
COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM CDT...

At 712 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Bondville, or 7 miles southwest of Champaign,
moving northeast at 20 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...
Champaign, Decatur, Urbana, Monticello, Tuscola, Savoy, Mount Zion,
St. Joseph, Tolono, Villa Grove, Arthur, Bement, Philo, Cerro Gordo,
Long Creek, Sidney, Atwood, Lovington, Pesotum, and Dalton City.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 57 between mile markers 208 and 238.
 Interstate 72 between mile markers 176 and 182.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 177 and 195.

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 3975 8815 3966 8899 3986 8892 4017 8833
      4014 8798 3989 8796
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 220DEG 19KT 4005 8839 

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

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