< Severe Thunderstorm Warning 03/06/2026 13:42 Illinois

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 03/06/2026 13:42 Illinois

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 6 at 3:42PM CST until March 6 at 4:15PM CST by NWS Lincoln IL
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
March 6, 2026 - 1:42pm
Expires: 
March 6, 2026 - 2:15pm
Description: 
SVRILX The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Menard County in central Illinois... Northwestern Logan County in central Illinois... Southern Tazewell County in central Illinois... Eastern Mason County in central Illinois... * Until 415 PM CST. * At 342 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Green Valley to near Petersburg, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Mason City, Delavan, Greenview, Green Valley, and San Jose around 350 PM CST. Tremont, Hopedale, Emden, and New Holland around 400 PM CST. This includes Interstate 155 between mile markers 4 and 28.
Instruction: 
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 these storms. 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.
Area Description: 
Logan, IL; Mason, IL; Menard, IL; Tazewell, IL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Lincoln IL
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov