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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2025, 12:55 PM CDT for 9 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 18, 2025, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2025, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:46 AM 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 Jun 17, 6:02 PM CDT, 18 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:02 PM CDT, 18 hours 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 20 min |
| Jun 18, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 9:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 11:08 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 11:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Effingham, Jasper and 3 more | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 12:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, McLean, Piatt | 23 min |
| Jun 18, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 4 more | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Lawrence, Richland | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Tazewell | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 23 min |
| Jun 18, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 7 min |
| Jun 18, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar, Vermilion | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 19 min |
| Jun 18, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 32 min |
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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.