Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 01:15PM
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Vermilion County in east central Illinois...
* Until 115 PM CDT.
* At 1232 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Potomac, or 12 miles northwest of Danville, moving northeast at 25 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near... Rossville around 1245 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Hoopeston. This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 209 and 219.
* AFFECTED AREAS: VERMILION, IL
Instructions:
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 this storm. 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Address/Location
Vermilion County Emergency Management Agency
201 N Vermilion St
Danville, IL 61832
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 217-443-6011
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