Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 01:00AM Sunday
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Vermilion County in east central Illinois...
* Until 100 AM CDT.
* At 1205 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gifford, or 7 miles east of Rantoul, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Emergency management. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Danville, Hoopeston, Georgetown, Westville, Tilton, Catlin, Oakwood, Rossville, Ridge Farm, Potomac, Fairmount, Sidell, Rankin, Fithian, Belgium, Allerton, Muncie, Bismarck, Indianola and Henning. This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 198 and 219.
* AFFECTED AREAS: VERMILION, IL
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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. 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
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