Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Decatur, IL ∙ Atwood, IL ∙ Warrensburg, IL ∙ Mount Zion, IL ∙ Cerro Gordo, IL ∙ Niantic, IL ∙ Mansfield, IL ∙ Forsyth, IL ∙ Argenta, IL ∙ Milmine, IL

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1009 AM CDT Wed Jun 17 2026 The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Moultrie County in central Illinois... Piatt County in central Illinois... De Witt County in central Illinois... Macon County in central Illinois... * Until 1115 AM CDT. * At 1008 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Waynesville to near Cornland, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Wapella and Kenney around 1015 AM CDT. Clinton, Warrensburg, and Niantic around 1020 AM CDT. Decatur, Forsyth, Maroa, and Harristown around 1025 AM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Argenta, Oreana, Weldon, Decatur Airport, Mount Zion, Long Creek, De Land, Cisco, Monticello, Cerro Gordo, Bement, White Heath and Hammond. This includes the following highways... Interstate 72 between mile markers 125 and 173. Interstate 74 between mile markers 156 and 168. This also includes Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park & Memorial, Spitler Woods State Natural Area, and Weldon Springs State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CDT for central and east central Illinois. && LAT...LON 3979 8847 3962 8848 3977 8914 3980 8914 3981 8922 3992 8922 3992 8915 4028 8914 4028 8846 3979 8846 TIME...MOT...LOC 1508Z 285DEG 40KT 4025 8916 3995 8933 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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