Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 09:45PM Thursday
SVRILX The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Piatt County in central Illinois... Northeastern De Witt County in central Illinois... Vermilion County in east central Illinois... Southeastern McLean County in central Illinois... Champaign County in east central Illinois... Northeastern Douglas County in east central Illinois...
* Until 945 PM CDT.
* At 901 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Paxton to Fisher to near Mansfield, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Rantoul, Mahomet, Fisher, Thomasboro, Gifford, Mansfield, and Lake Of The Woods around 905 PM CDT. Champaign and Potomac around 910 PM CDT. Urbana around 915 PM CDT. Danville, St. Joseph, Ogden, Fithian, and Vermilion Regional Airport around 920 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Oakwood, Homer, Westville, Tilton, Catlin, Fairmount and Georgetown. This includes the following highways... Interstate 57 between mile markers 228 and 257. Interstate 72 between mile markers 174 and 182. Interstate 74 between mile markers 156 and 220.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHAMPAIGN, IL ... DE WITT, IL ... DOUGLAS, IL ... MCLEAN, IL ... PIATT, IL ... VERMILION, IL
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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