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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 27, 20267 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2026, 11:29 AM CDT for 7 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 61 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: Apr 27, 2026, 11:29 AM CDT (16:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2026, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 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
Apr 27, 8:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 8:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	40 min
Apr 27, 8:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Shelby	52 min
Apr 27, 8:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	46 min
Apr 27, 9:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Sangamon	62 min
Apr 27, 9:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon and 2 more	51 min
Apr 27, 9:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Mason	23 min
Apr 27, 9:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	31 min
Apr 27, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	14 days
Apr 27, 9:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan and 1 more	37 min
Apr 27, 10:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	2 hr
Apr 27, 10:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	36 min
Apr 27, 10:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	33 min
Apr 27, 10:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	25 min
Apr 27, 10:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon	34 min
Apr 27, 10:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	30 min
Apr 27, 10:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon and 3 more	38 min
Apr 27, 11:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	30 min
Apr 27, 11:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Moultrie, Shelby	25 min
Apr 27, 11:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	30 min
Apr 27, 11:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Piatt	37 min
Apr 27, 11:42 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ILX	Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 9 more	11 hr
Apr 27, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 4 more	62 min
Apr 27, 11:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar	33 min
Apr 27, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham	24 min
Apr 27, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper	61 min
Apr 27, 12:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Coles	3 hr
Apr 27, 1:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby	19 hr
Apr 27, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	51 min
Apr 27, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	47 min
Apr 27, 3:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Christian, Shelby	5 hr
Apr 27, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Lawrence	42 min
Apr 27, 3:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	3 hr
Apr 27, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler	48 min
Apr 27, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell	38 min
Apr 27, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	42 min
Apr 27, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	23 min
Apr 27, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard	33 min
Apr 27, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott	42 min
Apr 27, 5:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott	2 hr
Apr 27, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Sangamon	32 min
Apr 27, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Macon, Piatt	45 min
Apr 27, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon	27 min
Apr 27, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon	40 min
Apr 27, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt	47 min
Apr 27, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Christian	37 min
Apr 27, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	36 min
Apr 27, 6:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Morgan and 3 more	104 min
Apr 27, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	29 min
Apr 27, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, McLean and 4 more	53 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.