THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 1111 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR RIDGE FARM TO NEAR CHRISMAN TO NEAR PARIS... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN ALLERTON AT 1039 AM, AND IN SIDELL AROUND 1100 AM. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PARIS...GEORGETOWN...CHRISMAN...RIDGE FARM...VERMILION...EDGAR... INDIANOLA...EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT AND SCOTTLAND. 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 for Edgar and Vermilion
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Jul 18, 2016 | 11:15 AM