Tornado Watch 05/16/2025 13:01 for Illinois areas

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued May 16 at 3:01PM CDT until May 16 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 16, 2025 - 1:01pm
Expires: 
May 16, 2025 - 8:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 265 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHRISTIAN DE WITT LOGAN MACON MENARD SANGAMON SHELBY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN CLARK COLES CUMBERLAND DOUGLAS EDGAR MOULTRIE PIATT VERMILION IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS CLAY CRAWFORD EFFINGHAM JASPER LAWRENCE RICHLAND IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MORGAN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DANVILLE, DECATUR, EFFINGHAM, FLORA, GREENUP, JACKSONVILLE, LAWRENCEVILLE, LINCOLN, MARSHALL, MATTOON, MONTICELLO, NEWTON, OLNEY, PARIS, PETERSBURG, ROBINSON, SHELBYVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, SULLIVAN, TAYLORVILLE, TUSCOLA, AND URBANA.
Area Description: 
Champaign, IL; Christian, IL; Clark, IL; Clay, IL; Coles, IL; Crawford, IL; Cumberland, IL; De Witt, IL; Douglas, IL; Edgar, IL; Effingham, IL; Jasper, IL; Lawrence, IL; Logan, IL; Macon, IL; Menard, IL; Morgan, IL; Moultrie, IL; Piatt, IL; Richland, IL; Sangamon, IL; Shelby, IL; Vermilion, IL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Lincoln IL