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

ILZ061-062-066-067-062345-
Jasper-Effingham-Shelby-Cumberland-
613 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN JASPER...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY...SOUTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND AND EASTERN EFFINGHAM
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM CDT...

At 613 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Montrose, or 9 miles east of Effingham, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Effingham, Teutopolis, Watson, Dieterich, Shumway, Montrose,
Heartville, Woodbury, Sigel, and Effingham County Airport.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 57 between mile markers 149 and 172.
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 87 and 109.

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 3898 8862 3922 8871 3929 8834 3909 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 261DEG 13KT 3917 8838 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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