Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:00PM 
SVRILX The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Edgar County in east central Illinois... Northeastern Clark County in east central Illinois...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 422 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of Kansas, or 8 miles west of Paris, moving southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near... Paris around 425 PM CDT. Vermilion around 440 PM CDT. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 147 and 154.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CLARK, IL ... EDGAR, IL
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. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are 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.
Address/Location
Edgar County ESDA, IL
1023 N High St
Paris, IL 61944
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 217-466-3180
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
