Tornado Watch 05/20/2025 13:49 for Illinois areas

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued May 20 at 3:49PM CDT until May 20 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 20, 2025 - 1:49pm
Expires: 
May 20, 2025 - 6:00pm
Description: 
TORNADO WATCH 304 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHRISTIAN DE WITT LOGAN MACON MARSHALL MCLEAN PEORIA SANGAMON SHELBY STARK TAZEWELL WOODFORD IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN CLARK COLES CUMBERLAND DOUGLAS EDGAR MOULTRIE PIATT VERMILION IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EFFINGHAM IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS KNOX THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLOOMINGTON, CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DANVILLE, DECATUR, EFFINGHAM, EUREKA, GALESBURG, GREENUP, LACON, LINCOLN, MARSHALL, MATTOON, MONTICELLO, NORMAL, PARIS, PEKIN, PEORIA, SHELBYVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, SULLIVAN, TAYLORVILLE, TOULON, TUSCOLA, AND URBANA.
Area Description: 
Champaign, IL; Christian, IL; Clark, IL; Coles, IL; Cumberland, IL; De Witt, IL; Douglas, IL; Edgar, IL; Effingham, IL; Knox, IL; Logan, IL; McLean, IL; Macon, IL; Marshall, IL; Moultrie, IL; Peoria, IL; Piatt, IL; Sangamon, IL; Shelby, IL; Stark, IL; Tazewell, IL; Vermilion, IL; Woodford, IL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Lincoln IL