A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Southern Brown County till 3:00 PM
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
214 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 214 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BUCKHORN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRIGGSVILLE...BUCKHORN...LA GRANGE...VERSAILLES...PERRY...
CHAMBERSBURG...NEW SALEM...FLORENCE...VALLEY CITY...FISHHOOK AND
COOPERTOWN.
Instructions:
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.
Address/Location
Brown County Emergency Services
145 West Main Street
Mount Sterling, IL 62353
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 217-773-3961
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning