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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 338, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 27, 2026Clark County, Crawford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2026, 7:03 PM CDT for Clark County, Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 57 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: Jul 27, 2026, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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
Jul 27, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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 Jul 27, 6:53 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 6:53 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 2:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
426 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026

ILZ051>053-272200-
Sangamon-Macon-Christian-
426 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN CHRISTIAN...
NORTHEASTERN SANGAMON AND SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM
CDT...

At 425 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Buffalo, or 13 miles east of Springfield, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Taylorville, Rochester, Riverton, Kincaid, Blue Mound, Edinburg,
Stonington, Illiopolis, Niantic, Mechanicsburg, Dawson, Buffalo,
Mount Auburn, Jeisyville, Spaulding, Clear Lake, Willeys, Sharpsburg,
Taylorville Municipal Airport, and Langleyville.

This includes Interstate 72 between mile markers 105 and 128.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3984 8959 3993 8941 3992 8940 3992 8921
      3966 8903 3949 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 324DEG 32KT 3984 8942

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Copple

Local storm report, Jul 27, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 minute 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
Jul 27, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Crawford	52 min
Jul 27, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Crawford	30 min
Jul 27, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Lawrence	66 min
Jul 27, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Lawrence	33 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.