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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
703 PM CDT Sun Mar 15 2026

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Jasper County in southeastern Illinois...
  Clay County in south central Illinois...
  Effingham County in south central Illinois...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 702 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Shumway to 7 miles east of Salem, moving east at 45
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Effingham, Watson, Edgewood, Xenia, Mason, and Heartville around 
  710 PM CDT.
  Teutopolis around 715 PM CDT.
  Louisville and Montrose around 720 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Flora, Dieterich, Bible Grove, Wheeler, Sailor Springs, Clay City and
Bogota.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 57 between mile markers 142 and 168.
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 80 and 104.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 south
central, central, southeastern and east central Illinois.

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LAT...LON 3861 8870 3891 8870 3891 8881 3896 8881
      3922 8874 3922 8847 3917 8847 3917 8819
      3885 8822 3884 8826 3873 8826 3873 8829
      3866 8827 3863 8830 3860 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 249DEG 38KT 3918 8868 3859 8883 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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