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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 20, 2025Champaign County, McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2025, 4:33 PM CDT for Champaign County, McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2025, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2025, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Champaign County, IL, McLean County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 20, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 19, 6:25 PM CDT, 22 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:25 PM CDT, 22 hours 8 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 8:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	24 hr
May 19, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass, Schuyler	46 min
May 19, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	23 min
May 20, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan	41 min
May 20, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan	43 min
May 20, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Sangamon	50 min
May 20, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Menard, Sangamon	30 min
May 20, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Sangamon	33 min
May 20, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford	45 min
May 20, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard, Sangamon	44 min
May 20, 2:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	39 min
May 20, 3:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	49 min
May 20, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	31 min
May 20, 3:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	2 hr
May 20, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	12 min
May 20, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	37 min
May 20, 3:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	36 min
May 20, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	33 min
May 20, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	51 min
May 20, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	48 min
May 20, 4:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	43 min
May 20, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	65 min
May 20, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILX	Vermilion	34 min
May 20, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	23 min
May 20, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	38 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.