THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 745 AM CDT * AT 710 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NEOGA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MATTOON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...NEWTON...TOLEDO...CASEY...NEOGA... TEUTOPOLIS...GREENUP...STEWARDSON...DIETERICH...LERNA... WILLOW HILL...JEWETT...MONTROSE...WHEELER...HIDALGO...HAZEL DELL... BOGOTA...JANESVILLE AND PARADISE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND 194. INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 126. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Wednesday July 6
Mattoon, IL, USA / MyRadioLink.com
Jul 6, 2016 | 7:15 AM