Illinois Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/27/2026 08:20

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 27 at 10:20AM CDT until April 27 at 10:30AM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 27, 2026 - 8:20am
Expires: 
April 27, 2026 - 8:30am
Description: 
At 1020 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bellevue to San Jose to near Elkhart to Divernon, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. These severe storms will be near... Springfield, Rochester, Riverton, Pawnee, Williamsville, and Elkhart around 1025 AM CDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Spaulding, Curran, Glenarm, Thayer, Southern View, Cantrall, Clear Lake, Lowder, Grandview, and Jerome. This includes the following highways... Interstate 55 between mile markers 77 and 117. Interstate 72 between mile markers 87 and 109.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Logan, IL; Mason, IL; Menard, IL; Morgan, IL; Sangamon, IL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Lincoln IL
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov