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McLean County, IL Emergency Management Agency
Sunday April 20th, 2025 :: 09:02 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 9:30 pm. https://inws.ncep.noaa.gov/a/a.php?i=112869288

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
856 PM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Marshall County in central Illinois...
Woodford County in central Illinois...
Stark County in north central Illinois...
Tazewell County in central Illinois...
Western McLean County in central Illinois...
Northeastern Peoria County in central Illinois...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 855 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Galva to Washington to near Armington, moving
east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Peoria, Rome, Mackinaw, Minier, Spring Bay, Dunlap, Chillicothe,
Armington, Princeville, and Germantown Hills around 900 PM CDT.
Congerville, Castleton, Elmira, Stanford, and Danvers around 905
PM CDT.
Roanoke, Camp Grove, Secor, Osceola, and Carlock around 910 PM
CDT.
Bradford, Sparland, Washburn, El Paso, Lacon, Normal, and
Bloomington around 915 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Benson, Downs, Hudson and Towanda.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 155 between mile markers 12 and 31.
Interstate 39 between mile markers 0 and 40.
Interstate 474 between mile markers 10 and 14.
Interstate 55 between mile markers 147 and 174.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 89 and 145.
 

Instructions:

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central,
north central and west central Illinois.

Address/Location
McLean County, IL Emergency Management Agency
104 W Front St
Bloomington, IL 61701

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 309-888-5020

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

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