Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 16 at 4:45PM CDT until May 16 at 5:30PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 16, 2026 - 2:45pm
Expires:
May 16, 2026 - 3:30pm
Description:
SVRILX
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Clay County in south central Illinois...
* Until 530 PM CDT.
* At 445 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Xenia, or 8
miles west of Flora, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Flora around 450 PM CDT.
Louisville around 455 PM CDT.
Sailor Springs around 500 PM CDT.
Clay City around 505 PM CDT.
Instruction:
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.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Clay, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Lincoln IL
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov