BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
539 PM CDT Sun Mar 15 2026
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Logan County in central Illinois...
Western De Witt County in central Illinois...
Southeastern Tazewell County in central Illinois...
Southwestern McLean County in central Illinois...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 539 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Armington to near Cornland, moving east at 30
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Lincoln, Atlanta, and McLean around 545 PM CDT.
Waynesville and Beason around 550 PM CDT.
Chestnut around 555 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Heyworth, Kenney, Clinton, Downs and Wapella.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 55 between mile markers 120 and 124, and between mile
markers 128 and 151.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 141 and 144.
Instructions:
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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central
Illinois.
