Strong to Severe Storms Expected Today

                        
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
307 PM CDT Fri Mar 13 2026

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307 PM CDT Fri Mar 13 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois and west
central Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

A narrow line of strong to severe thunderstorms is expected to
develop ahead of a cold front from late Sunday afternoon through
Sunday evening. Damaging wind gusts in excess of 60mph will be the
primary risk: however, isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out along
the line.

Once the front passes, rain will change to snow and northwesterly
winds will gust over 40mph late Sunday night into Monday morning.
There is a 60-80% chance of greater than 1 inch of snow...and a
30-40% chance of more than 4 inches northwest of the Illinois River.
Falling and blowing snow is expected to create travel hazards for the
Monday morning commute.

Bitterly cold wind-chills will occur as well...with readings around
zero Sunday night into Monday morning and dipping into the 5 below to
10 below zero range Monday night into Tuesday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

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307 PM CDT Fri Mar 13 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east
central Illinois and southeast Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

A narrow line of strong to severe thunderstorms is expected to
develop ahead of a cold front from Sunday evening into Sunday
night. Damaging wind gusts in excess of 70mph will be the primary
risk:however, isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out along the line.

Once the front passes, rain will change to snow and northwesterly
winds will gust over 35mph late Sunday night into Monday morning.
There is a 50-70% chance of greater than 1 inch of snow. Falling
and blowing snow is expected to create travel hazards for the Monday
morning commute.

Bitterly cold wind-chills will occur as well...with readings in the
single digits Sunday night into Monday morning and dipping into the
zero to 5 below zero range Monday night into Tuesday morning.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

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