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Heavy rain falls outside of Illinois Public Media studios in Urbana on August 26, 2021.
  • Photo: Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom

URBANA – Meteorologists say dangerous heat and possibly strong thunderstorms will continue in Central Illinois on Thursday.

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Heat Advisory until 8:00 p.m. It is the third advisory this week. 

Forecasters also say there could be strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening,  with the main threat area north of  Jacksonville to Danville in central IL.

Illinois Public Media meteorologist Andrew Pritchard says that while today’s high will be 89 degrees, combined with humidity, the heat index or what it will feel like outside is 100 to 105 degrees. He is forecasting that Friday and Saturday will be sunny as well with a high of 90 degrees.

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Reginald Hardwick

Reginald Hardwick is the News & Public Affairs Director at Illinois Public Media. He oversees daily newscasts and online stories. He also manages The 21st Show, a live, weekday talk show that airs on six NPR stations throughout Illinois. He is the executive producer of IPM's annual environmental TV special "State of Change." And he is the co-creator of Illinois Soul, IPM's Black-focused audio service that launched in February 2024. Before arriving at IPM in 2019, he served as News Director at WKAR in East Lansing and spent 17 years as a TV news producer and manager at KXAS, the NBC-owned station in Dallas/Fort Worth. Reginald is the recipient of three Edward R. Murrow regional awards, seven regional Emmy awards, and multiple honors from the National Association of Black Journalists. Born in Vietnam, Reginald grew up in Colorado and is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado. Email: rh14@illinois.edu Twitter: @RNewsIPM