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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
421 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025
 

ILZ052-054-056-061-066-162200-
Coles-Effingham-Christian-Moultrie-Shelby-
421 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL COLES...SOUTHERN
CHRISTIAN...SOUTHERN MOULTRIE...SHELBY AND NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM
COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM CDT...

At 420 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles northwest of Findlay to near Pana to
near Witt. Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Mattoon, Taylorville, Pana, Shelbyville, Moweaqua, Assumption,
Morrisonville, Windsor, Findlay, Cowden, Tower Hill, Beecher City,
Herrick, Owaneco, Allenville, Paradise, Strasburg, Rosamond,
Clarksburg, and Gays.

This includes Interstate 57 between mile markers 190 and 192.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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LAT...LON 3922 8881 3922 8914 3935 8914 3935 8953
      3938 8953 3965 8915 3952 8827 3917 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 288DEG 28KT 3959 8887 3942 8914 3923 8940 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Knutsvig