Illinois Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 04/27/2026 06:31

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued April 27 at 8:31AM CDT until April 27 at 4:00PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
April 27, 2026 - 6:31am
Expires: 
April 27, 2026 - 2:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 158 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHRISTIAN DE WITT LOGAN MACON MASON MCLEAN MENARD PEORIA SANGAMON SHELBY TAZEWELL WOODFORD IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN CLARK COLES CUMBERLAND DOUGLAS EDGAR MOULTRIE PIATT VERMILION IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS CLAY CRAWFORD EFFINGHAM JASPER LAWRENCE RICHLAND IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CASS FULTON MORGAN SCHUYLER SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEARDSTOWN, BLOOMINGTON, CANTON, CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DANVILLE, DECATUR, EFFINGHAM, EUREKA, FLORA, GREENUP, HAVANA, JACKSONVILLE, LAWRENCEVILLE, LINCOLN, MARSHALL, MATTOON, MONTICELLO, NEWTON, NORMAL, OLNEY, PARIS, PEKIN, PEORIA, PETERSBURG, ROBINSON, RUSHVILLE, SHELBYVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, SULLIVAN, TAYLORVILLE, TUSCOLA, URBANA, AND WINCHESTER.
Area Description: 
Cass, IL; Champaign, IL; Christian, IL; Clark, IL; Clay, IL; Coles, IL; Crawford, IL; Cumberland, IL; De Witt, IL; Douglas, IL; Edgar, IL; Effingham, IL; Fulton, IL; Jasper, IL; Lawrence, IL; Logan, IL; McLean, IL; Macon, IL; Mason, IL; Menard, IL; Morgan, IL; Moultrie, IL; Peoria, IL; Piatt, IL; Richland, IL; Sangamon, IL; Schuyler, IL; Scott, IL; Shelby, IL; Tazewell, IL; Vermilion, IL; Woodford, IL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Lincoln IL
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov