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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 9, 2026Clark County, Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2026, 6:25 PM CDT for Clark County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 20 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 9, 2026, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, IL, Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 689 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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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 Jun 9, 6:04 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 6:04 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 2:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
112 PM CDT Tue Jun 9 2026

ILZ036-037-091845-
Tazewell-Fulton-
112 PM CDT Tue Jun 9 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN FULTON...WESTERN
TAZEWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM CDT...

At 111 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cuba, or near Canton, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Canton, Lewistown, Cuba, St. David, Dunfermline, Bryant, Norris,
Little America, and Fiatt.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4066 8999 4063 8999 4063 8995 4045 8990
      4044 8991 4044 8993 4041 8997 4040 9023
      4052 9028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 238DEG 15KT 4050 9012

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

NMA

Local storm report, Jun 9, 1:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
143 PM CDT Tue Jun 9 2026

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

0137 PM     Flood            1 N Smithfield          40.48N 90.29W
06/09/2026                   Fulton             IL   Trained Spotter

            Water over Illinois 95 at Smithfield relayed
            by emergency management.

&&

RAC

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:18 PM CDT, 7 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
Jun 8, 7:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Sangamon	4 hr
Jun 8, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	28 min
Jun 9, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Fulton	33 min
Jun 9, 1:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Fulton	114 min
Jun 9, 1:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	77 min
Jun 9, 3:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Vermilion	105 min
Jun 9, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Coles	28 min
Jun 9, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Edgar	27 min
Jun 9, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark	21 min
Jun 9, 6:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Edgar	3 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.