Weather Alerts-

Take shelter in place or per instructions

Lincoln - IL, US, National Weather Service

Champaign County

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL VERMILION AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES... At 445 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Broadlands, or 14 miles southeast of Urbana, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe storm will be near... Homer around 450 PM CDT. Fairmount and Fithian around 455 PM CDT. Oakwood around 500 PM CDT. Danville around 510 PM CDT. Vermilion Regional Airport around 515 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Muncie, Collison, Belgium, and Jamaica. This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 197 and 220. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. TORNADO...POSSIBLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH