Tornado Warning Canceled for Macon County 12AM
Tonight
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms between 2am and 3am. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. Patchy blowing dust before midnight. Low around 58. Windy, with a south wind 22 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A slight chance of rain between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of rain and thunderstorms after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a southwest wind 20 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Night
A slight chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 45. West northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 30. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Moultrie County in central Illinois... Piatt County in central Illinois... Southeastern De Witt County in central Illinois... Southeastern McLean County in central Illinois... Champaign County in east central Illinois... Douglas County in east central Illinois... Northeastern Macon County in central Illinois... * Until 100 AM CDT. * At 1153 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bement to near Arthur to near Mattoon, moving northeast at 65 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Sadorus, Arcola, Monticello, Ivesdale, White Heath, Atwood, and Tuscola around 1200 AM CDT. Camargo, Mahomet, Savoy, Willard Airport, Seymour, Champaign, Lake Of The Woods, Pesotum, Tolono, and Bondville around 1205 AM CDT. Villa Grove, Philo, and Urbana around 1210 AM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Broadlands, Rantoul, St. Joseph, Sidney, Thomasboro, Homer, Gifford and Ogden. This includes the following highways... Interstate 57 between mile markers 202 and 257. Interstate 72 between mile markers 152 and 182. Interstate 74 between mile markers 160 and 197. 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 300 AM CDT for central and east central Illinois. && THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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