Moweaqua Fire Dept.

05/20/2026

Scam Alert

We have received information of a scam going around. Citizens are receiving phone call from a male claiming to be a deputy with the Sheriff's Office. If you receive a call do NOT give out your information. If you believe that call to be real and want to verify prior to giving out your information please call 217-824-4961. We will not call you to advise that you have an arrest warrant.

05/18/2026

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm ⛈️ Warning for... Eastern Christian County in central Illinois... Northwestern Shelby County in central Illinois... Southern Macon County in central Illinois... * Until 1030 AM CDT. * At 949 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Mount Auburn to Owaneco to near Nokomis, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Pana, Blue Mound, and Stonington around 955 AM CDT. Moweaqua and Assumption around 1000 AM CDT. Macon and Tower Hill around 1005 AM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Mount Zion.

05/05/2026

Yes we know the sirens were set off twice. Dispatch center didn’t know we were testing the sirens.

05/05/2026

WE WILL BE TESTING THE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS AT 10am TODAY

05/03/2026

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Dust Storm Warning for...
Northeastern Christian County in central Illinois...
Northwestern Shelby County in central Illinois...
Southwestern Macon County in central Illinois...

* Until 245 PM CDT.

* At 219 PM CDT, a dust channel was near Macon, or 12 miles southwest
of Decatur, and is nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Near zero visibility with strong wind in excess of 40
mph.

IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.

This includes Interstate 72 between mile markers 125 and 134.

Locations impacted include...
Decatur, Moweaqua, Harristown, Blue Mound, Macon, Stonington,
Niantic, Boody, and Elwin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility
reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If
caught in one, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your
foot off the brake.

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04/28/2026

Moweaqua Fire Departments Facebook Terms of Use:

****THIS PAGE IS NOT OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE MOWEAQUA COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT****

This page was created to provide people who live and work in within the Moweaqua Fire Departments area or others with an interest in the MFD, access to information about the department and a platform with which to interact with the MFD. It is a Limited Public Forum. This page is not monitored 24/7 but is managed by a member of the MFD. A FOIA request will NOT be granted by messaging this page, those must be done in person. No patients name, pictures or status update will be posted on this page. No original pictures of any call that the MFD responds to will be posted on here by the MFD.
Before posting on this page, please review these terms. A posting on this page constitutes acceptance of the following terms and conditions:
• In case of emergency, or if you need police, fire or EMS assistance, dial 911.
• MFD’s “liking” of other organizations’ or users’ pages does not indicate endorsement of that organizations/person’s actions or comments.
• Comments posted by others on the MFD page are not to be considered the opinion of the MFD; nor does MFD endorse any third-party comments on this page.
• The Moweaqua Fire Department reserves the right to remove and/or block anyone who posts inappropriate material as determined by the MFD. For examples of inappropriate material, see below.
• MFD does not allow posting of photos or videos by anyone other than admins of this page.
• The Moweaqua Fire Department welcomes a person’s right to express his/her opinion and encourages posters to keep comments related to content on this page. The MFD reserves the right to remove any comments that are inappropriate or offensive, including, for example, comments that:
• defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or violate the legal rights of others,
• include hatred, slander, threats, obscenity, violence, vulgarity or s*xual content,
• spam, advertise or solicit commerce or promote or encourage illegal activity,
• promote, foster or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, national origin, gender or s*x, s*xual orientation, or disability,
• have personal information about another person or that violate a person’s privacy,
• include copyrighted material that belongs to another person or entity,
• contain links to inappropriate web sites,
• contain confidential information or information that may compromise the safety or security of the public or any member of the MFD.

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04/27/2026

04/27/2026

THIS WARNING HAS EXPIRED.

We are under a tornado warning. sirens have been activated

04/27/2026

Tornado risk today up to an 8/10 in red. This is the area with the greatest confidence for strong tornado potential after 5p. We still can have some tornado potential with the morning/midday round.

The orange area still remains at a 7, so stay weather aware anywhere in the WCIA area. The incoming round will tell us a lot about how the afternoon potential will evolve.