Severe Thunderstorm Warning Illinois | Effective 03/26/2026 18:48

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 26 at 8:48PM CDT until March 26 at 9:30PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
March 26, 2026 - 6:48pm
Expires: 
March 26, 2026 - 7:30pm
Description: 
SVRILX The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Christian County in central Illinois... Central Shelby County in central Illinois... * Until 930 PM CDT. * At 848 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Taylorville, moving east at 50 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... Assumption around 855 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Shelbyville.
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 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.
Area Description: 
Christian, IL; Shelby, IL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Lincoln IL
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov