Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10:00PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 915 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DALTON CITY TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUBURN...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...SULLIVAN...CHATHAM... PANA...AUBURN...LAKEWOOD...PAWNEE...MOWEAQUA...KINCAID...BETHANY... DIVERNON...ASSUMPTION...BLUE MOUND...MACON...EDINBURG... MORRISONVILLE...STONINGTON AND WINDSOR. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 88. INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 170. HAIL...1.00IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHRISTIAN ... MACON ... MOULTRIE ... SANGAMON ... SHELBY
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
Shelby County Emergency Management Agency
315 East Main Street
Shelbyville, IL 62565
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 217-774-1499
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP SHELBYEMA 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