744  
WWUS53 KILX 180324  
SVSILX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL  
1024 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
ILC183-180400-  
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-260418T0400Z/  
VERMILION-  
1024 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT  
FOR VERMILION COUNTY...  
 
AT 1024 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HOOPESTON TO NEAR OGDEN, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
HOOPESTON, OAKWOOD, ROSSVILLE, POTOMAC, FAIRMOUNT, AND FITHIAN  
AROUND 1030 PM CDT.  
DANVILLE, TILTON, CATLIN, AND VERMILION REGIONAL AIRPORT AROUND  
1040 PM CDT.  
WESTVILLE AROUND 1045 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE  
MUNCIE, ARMSTRONG, COLLISON, BELGIUM, ALVIN, BISMARCK, AND HENNING.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 220.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL  
ILLINOIS.  
 
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.  
 
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.  
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN  
LINCOLN.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4005 8794 4049 8793 4049 8753 4004 8753  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 264DEG 39KT 4047 8775 4008 8799  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
GEELHART  
 
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