Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 08:00PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 718 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MAQUON TO 4 MILES NORTH OF CUBA TO VERMONT... MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEORIA...PEKIN...CANTON...HAVANA...EAST PEORIA...MORTON... WASHINGTON...BARTONVILLE...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...FARMINGTON...LEWISTOWN...TREMONT...BELLEVUE...MANITO... CUBA...HANNA CITY...SOUTH PEKIN AND ASTORIA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 31. INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 14. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 103. HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: FULTON ... MASON ... PEORIA ... TAZEWELL
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Address/Location
Fulton County ESDA
163 S Cone St
Farmington, IL 61531
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 309-647-3358
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP FULTON followed by your message, to 888777
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