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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 16, 2026Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2026, 3:45 PM CDT for Crawford County, Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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 16, 2026, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2026, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, IL, Lawrence County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 15, 6:06 PM CDT, 21 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:06 PM CDT, 21 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:54 PM CDT, 23 hours 51 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 16, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Stark	20 min
May 16, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Stark	33 min
May 16, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Marshall	51 min
May 16, 7:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	29 min
May 16, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Lawrence	30 min
May 16, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	28 min
May 16, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	47 min
May 16, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	45 min
May 16, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Richland	44 min
May 16, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	50 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.