Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Lincoln, IL

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
859 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

ILC029-280208-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-260428T0230Z/
Coles-
859 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern
and east central Illinois. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect
until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern and east central Illinois.

&&

LAT...LON 3885 8754 3885 8804 3903 8803 3913 8790
      3935 8785 3957 8753 3936 8753 3931 8762
      3930 8760 3926 8761 3925 8757 3922 8757
      3914 8766 3912 8763 3911 8765 3910 8762
      3906 8757 3899 8756 3899 8758 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 263DEG 46KT 3983 8705 3970 8738 3951 8765 

$$

ILC023-033-045-079-280230-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-260428T0230Z/
Crawford-Edgar-Jasper-Clark-
859 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR CRAWFORD...SOUTHEASTERN EDGAR...SOUTHEASTERN JASPER AND EASTERN
CLARK COUNTIES...

At 858 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles northeast of Rockville to near Clinton to
near Vermilion, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
Crawford, southeastern Edgar, southeastern Jasper and eastern Clark
Counties, including the following locations... New Hebron, West York,
Annapolis, York, Lincoln Trail State Park, Hardinville, Stoy, Eaton,
Crawford County Airport, and Darwin.

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 141 and 154.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern
and east central Illinois. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect
until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern and east central Illinois.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3885 8754 3885 8804 3903 8803 3913 8790
      3935 8785 3957 8753 3936 8753 3931 8762
      3930 8760 3926 8761 3925 8757 3922 8757
      3914 8766 3912 8763 3911 8765 3910 8762
      3906 8757 3899 8756 3899 8758 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 263DEG 46KT 3983 8705 3970 8738 3951 8765 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Shimon

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
913 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

ILC045-280222-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-260428T0230Z/
Edgar-
913 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern
and east central Illinois. 

&&

LAT...LON 3885 8754 3885 8804 3903 8803 3911 8785
      3935 8771 3947 8753 3936 8753 3931 8762
      3930 8760 3926 8761 3925 8757 3922 8757
      3914 8766 3912 8763 3911 8765 3910 8762
      3906 8757 3899 8756 3899 8758 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 284DEG 26KT 3941 8752 3909 8766 3886 8802 

$$

ILC023-033-079-280230-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-260428T0230Z/
Crawford-Jasper-Clark-
913 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR CRAWFORD...SOUTHEASTERN JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

At 912 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles southwest of Terre Haute to Hutsonville to
near Ste. Marie, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Robinson, Oblong, Palestine, Hutsonville, Flat Rock, Ste. Marie,
Willow Hill, York, Darwin, Merom, Stoy, New Hebron, West York,
Annapolis, Hardinville, Eaton, Crawford County Airport, Duncanville,
West Union, and Trimble.

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 152 and 154.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern
and east central Illinois. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect
until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern and east central Illinois.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3885 8754 3885 8804 3903 8803 3911 8785
      3935 8771 3947 8753 3936 8753 3931 8762
      3930 8760 3926 8761 3925 8757 3922 8757
      3914 8766 3912 8763 3911 8765 3910 8762
      3906 8757 3899 8756 3899 8758 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 284DEG 26KT 3941 8752 3909 8766 3886 8802 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

Geelhart

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
928 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

ILC023-033-079-280235-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-260428T0230Z/
Crawford-Jasper-Clark-
928 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD... CENTRAL 
JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However, heavy
rain is still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern 
and east central Illinois. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning also 
remains in effect for central and southern Crawford County, as well 
as southeast Jasper County, until 1015 PM.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Lincoln.


&&

LAT...LON 3885 8754 3885 8804 3903 8803 3911 8785
      3935 8771 3947 8753 3936 8753 3931 8762
      3930 8760 3926 8761 3925 8757 3922 8757
      3914 8766 3912 8763 3911 8765 3910 8762
      3906 8757 3899 8756 3899 8758 3895 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 263DEG 46KT 3943 8733 3911 8747 3888 8783 

$$

Geelhart

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
639 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- There is a level 3 of 5 (enhanced) risk for severe weather this
  evening. Damaging winds, large hail, a couple tornadoes, and
  flash flooding are all concerns, especially near and south of
  I-70.

- There is a 30-50% chance for frost Friday night. Tender
  vegetation may need to be covered in order to prevent damage.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 226 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

***** SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING *****

Mid level water vapor satellite reveals a negatively tilted upper
level trough spinning over the Midwest. At the surface, WPC has
analyzed a 996mb low in eastern Iowa which is forecast to lift
northeastward across Wisconsin this evening. Much of the warm sector
has been worked over at this point via a morning-early afternoon
MCS, but these storms left an outflow boundary near/south of the I-
70 corridor which will serve as a differential heating/convergence
zone for renewed storms later this afternoon. A wake low continues
to foster wind gusts up to 35mph from the southeast, which should
help maintain stable low levels further north. Nonetheless, a few
elevated storms could generate locally severe hail and wind in
those areas. Meanwhile, south of the I-70 corridor, dewpoints
should surge into the mid-upper 60s while a 50 kt LLJ maintains
40-55 kt effective bulk wind shear and 400-700 (679 on the VWX
vad profiler) m^2/s^2 0-3km SRH via strongly cyclonically
curved hodographs. CAMs generally suggest convective activity
developing upstream over the next couple hours and moving
through this environment during the evening will start discrete
and eventually grow upscale into another MCS. Hence, the initial
hazards will be very large hail and tornadoes, with the risk
transitioning to damaging winds, locally severe hail, and QLCS
tornadoes with time. Training storms will pose a risk for flash
flooding (REFS and HREF ensemble max precip have swaths of 4+
inches of rain falling in <6 hours), for which we have issued a
Flood Watch which extends through 10pm. A Tornado Watch is in
effect for Effingham to Crawford Counties and areas further
south, where the chance of surface based (and hence potentially
tornadic) storms is highest. Storms should exit the ILX County
Warning area by 11pm, while a cooler and more stable airmass
arrives from the west-northwest behind a cold front.

***** DRY CONDITIONS LIKELY WEDNESDAY AND BEYOND  *****

Another shortwave will lift northeast through the area tomorrow
night, bringing another opportunity for some rain and perhaps a
rumble of thunder. Thankfully QPF with this system is lighter, with
a low (<20%) chance for an additional inch of rainfall. Since this
will occur around 24 hours after this evening's heavy rainfall in
southeast Illinois, the ground may have some time to absorb the
water, though we'll still be keeping one eye on it.

By Wednesday morning, a drier pattern should take hold of the
region, with less than a 20% chance for rain through the weekend.
High temperatures each day are forecast in the 60s, with locations
near and north of the I-74 corridor potentially (60% chance) not
climbing out of the 50s on Friday. The National Blend of Models
(NBM) indicates a 30-50% chance temperatures fall below 37 degF
Friday night into Saturday morning, which should be cold enough for
frost given the expected light winds.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 640 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

A squall line consisting of strong to severe thunderstorms was
along I-55 at 640 pm with a severe cell ahead of this line
between DEC and CMI and racing eastward at 50-60 mph.
Convection was also over PIA which was on the back side of this
complex. We have gradient SE winds 25-35 kts with gusts 40-50
kts ahead of this squall line especially at DEC and CMI. A
severe storm would produce wind gusts over 50 kts possible at
DEC and CMI next hour. IFR to MVF conditions expected with this
strong to severe convection as HRRR has it tracking east of DEC
and CMI between 01-02Z at mid evening. May see a brief period
of VFR conditions late evening/early overnight before MVFR
ceilings likely spread into central IL during overnight and
linger into Tue morning. the MVFR ceilings could scatter out at
PIA and possibly as far se as I-55 at BMI and SPI during Tue
afternoon. Breezy south to SE winds gusting 25-35 kts to weaken
and shift west to WNW behind cold frontal passage overnight.

&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flood Watch until 10 PM CDT this evening for ILZ052>057-
061>063-066>068-071>073.

&&

KEY MESSAGES...Bumgardner
DISCUSSION...Bumgardner
AVIATION...07

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
232 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-281945-
Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler-
Mason-
232 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois and west
central Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorm redevelopment continues to be possible this afternoon
and moving east through mid evening. The storms will be capable of
producing damaging winds, hail, and a few tornadoes. In addition,
heavy rainfall may produce areas of flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Minor flooding will persist on the Illinois River from Havana to
Beardstown through the week, with some renewed rises around midweek.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

Expected storm motion is toward the east-northeast around 50 mph.

ILZ042>057-061>063-281945-
Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morgan-
Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-
Cumberland-Clark-
232 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east
central Illinois and west central Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorm redevelopment is possible this afternoon with storms
moving out of east central Illinois by late evening. The storms will
be capable of producing damaging winds, hail, and a few tornadoes.
In addition, heavy rainfall may produce areas of flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

A few thunderstorms are expected Tuesday night, but severe weather
is not likely.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

Expected storm motion is toward the east-northeast around 50 mph.

ILZ066>068-071>073-281945-
Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence-
232 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Periods of thunderstorms are expected through the evening hours.
Some of these will be severe. Damaging winds and tornadoes are the
main concerns. In addition, heavy rainfall may produce areas of
flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected Tuesday night, but severe
weather is not likely.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

Expected storm motion is toward the east-northeast around 50 mph.

Knutsvig

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
822 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0706 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 W Mahomet             40.20N 88.43W
04/27/2026                   Champaign          IL   Emergency Mngr

            Power lines down with road closure.

&&

JLA

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
823 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Allerton                39.91N 87.94W
04/27/2026                   Vermilion          IL   Emergency Mngr

            Tree down on house.

&&

JLA

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
824 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Saint Joseph            40.11N 88.04W
04/27/2026                   Champaign          IL   Broadcast Media

            Picture of tree down in town.

&&

JLA

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
825 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0617 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 N Mount Pulaski       40.02N 89.28W
04/27/2026                   Logan              IL   Emergency Mngr

            Large tree uprooted.

&&

JLA

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
826 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Ogden                   40.11N 87.96W
04/27/2026                   Champaign          IL   Broadcast Media

            Picture of tree down on a house.

&&

JLA

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
828 PM CDT Mon Apr 27 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0659 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 N Lodge               40.15N 88.56W
04/27/2026                   Piatt              IL   Broadcast Media

            Pictures of damage to several machine sheds
            and buildings near a grain elevator.
            Possible tornado.

&&

JLA