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WWUS83 KILX 160634
SPSILX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
134 AM CDT Fri Aug 16 2024

ILZ037-041-042-047-048-051-160700-
Logan-Tazewell-Sangamon-Mason-Menard-Cass-
134 AM CDT Fri Aug 16 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN MENARD...WESTERN
LOGAN...NORTH CENTRAL SANGAMON...SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL...NORTHEASTERN
CASS...SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN AND EASTERN MASON COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM
CDT...

At 134 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
San Jose, or 7 miles northeast of Mason City, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Lincoln, Mason City, Delavan, Williamsville, Minier, South Pekin,
Hopedale, Greenview, Green Valley, San Jose, Emden, Elkhart,
Armington, Middletown, Easton, Hartsburg, New Holland, Oakford,
Broadwell, and Fancy Prairie.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 155 between mile markers 0 and 21.
 Interstate 55 between mile markers 107 and 132.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
central Illinois.

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LAT...LON 4048 8972 4046 8926 4029 8926 3988 8948
      4011 9000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0634Z 289DEG 35KT 4027 8958

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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