Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 17 at 9:12PM CDT until June 17 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 17, 2026 - 7:12pm
Expires:
June 17, 2026 - 8:00pm
Description:
SVRILX
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Coles County in east central Illinois...
Edgar County in east central Illinois...
Northern Clark County in east central Illinois...
Southeastern Douglas County in east central Illinois...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 912 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles east of Edgar County Airport to near Paris
to near Charleston, moving east at 55 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.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Paris, Kansas, Ashmore, Westfield, and Vermilion around 915 PM
CDT.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 137 and 154.
This also includes Fox Ridge State Park and Walnut Point State Park.
Instruction:
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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for east central
Illinois.
Area Description:
Clark, IL; Coles, IL; Douglas, IL; Edgar, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Lincoln IL
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