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Vermilion County Emergency Management Agency
Monday May 18th, 2026 :: 10:03 a.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 05:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 220 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHELBY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN CLARK COLES CUMBERLAND DOUGLAS EDGAR MOULTRIE PIATT VERMILION IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS CLAY CRAWFORD EFFINGHAM JASPER LAWRENCE RICHLAND THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, DANVILLE, EFFINGHAM, FLORA, GREENUP, LAWRENCEVILLE, MARSHALL, MATTOON, MONTICELLO, NEWTON, OLNEY, PARIS, ROBINSON, SHELBYVILLE, SULLIVAN, TUSCOLA, AND URBANA.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHAMPAIGN, IL ... CLARK, IL ... CLAY, IL ... COLES, IL ... CRAWFORD, IL ... CUMBERLAND, IL ... DOUGLAS, IL ... EDGAR, IL ... EFFINGHAM, IL ... JASPER, IL ... LAWRENCE, IL ... MOULTRIE, IL ... PIATT, IL ... RICHLAND, IL ... SHELBY, IL ... VERMILION, IL

Address/Location
Vermilion County Emergency Management Agency
201 N Vermilion St
Danville, IL 61832

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 217-443-6011

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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