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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
859 PM CDT Thu Mar 26 2026

ILZ036-040>057-061>063-270300-
/O.CAN.KILX.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-260327T0200Z/
Fulton-Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-
Cass-Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-
Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark-
Including the cities of Jacksonville, Monticello, Rushville,
Urbana, Havana, Beardstown, Clinton, Greenup, Sullivan,
Springfield, Tuscola, Petersburg, Lincoln, Decatur, Champaign,
Paris, Shelbyville, Charleston, Taylorville, Canton, Marshall,
Danville, Winchester, and Mattoon
859 PM CDT Thu Mar 26 2026

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Heavy precipitation is moving into the advisory area.

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MJA



                


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