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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 12:24 AM Apr. 3, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Tazewell County in central Illinois... Southeastern Peoria County in central Illinois... * Until 815 PM CDT. * At 724 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Manito, or 11 miles southwest of Pekin, moving northeast 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... Pekin and Mapleton around 730 PM CDT. Marquette Heights around 735 PM CDT. East Peoria, Bartonville, and Creve Coeur around 740 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Morton and Washington. This includes the following highways... Interstate 155 between mile markers 25 and 31. Interstate 474 between mile markers 0 and 14. Interstate 74 between mile markers 86 and 109. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central and west central Illinois. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Tornado Watch
Issued: 11:55 PM Apr. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
TORNADO WATCH 89, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS MARSHALL MASON MENARD PEORIA STARK TAZEWELL WOODFORD IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CASS FULTON KNOX MORGAN SCHUYLER SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEARDSTOWN, CANTON, EUREKA, GALESBURG, HAVANA, JACKSONVILLE, LACON, PEKIN, PEORIA, PETERSBURG, RUSHVILLE, TOULON, AND WINCHESTER.
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