Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 4:22PM CDT until August 11 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 11, 2026 - 2:22pm
Expires:
August 11, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description:
SVRILX
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Edgar County in east central Illinois...
Northeastern Clark County in east central Illinois...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 422 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
of Kansas, or 8 miles west of Paris, moving southeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Paris around 425 PM CDT.
Vermilion around 440 PM CDT.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 147 and 154.
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.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are 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.
Area Description:
Clark, IL; Edgar, IL
Forcast Office:
NWS Lincoln IL
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov