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Vermilion County Emergency Management Agency
Wednesday April 8th, 2015 :: 06:16 a.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:15AM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 608 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF OGDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF CHAMPAIGN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DANVILLE...RANKIN...OAKWOOD...POTOMAC...CATLIN...RIDGE FARM... GEORGETOWN...WESTVILLE...TILTON...ROSSVILLE...HOOPESTON... JAMAICA...INDIANOLA...COLLISON...MIDDLE FORK WILDLIFE AREA... KICKAPOO STATE PARK...HENNING...VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT...BISMARCK AND ALVIN. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 219. ...1.00IN WIND...60MPH

* AFFECTED AREAS: VERMILION

Instructions:

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

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:
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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