THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 1026 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PHILO TO NEAR VILLA GROVE TO CAMARGO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GEORGETOWN...WESTVILLE...VILLA GROVE...CATLIN...OAKWOOD...PHILO... SIDNEY...HOMER...RIDGE FARM...NEWMAN...FAIRMOUNT...SIDELL... CAMARGO...BROADLANDS...ALLERTON...INDIANOLA...MURDOCK...JAMAICA... LONGVIEW AND PALERMO. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 NEAR MILE MARKER 211. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE`S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Thunderstorm Warning: Monday, July 18 until 1115am
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Jul 18, 2016 | 10:30 AM