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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall; Heat Wave Builds in the Intermountain West and Plains

A slow moving front will bring rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall to the central Plains eastward to the east-central U.S.. The first widespread significant heat wave of summer for the Intermountain West and Plains is expected to develop today and expand through next week. Dangerous heat will continue to impact portions of the Southwest and Southeast. Read More >

Overview

Severe thunderstorms rapidly developed from the Illinois River Valley into east central Illinois early in the afternoon on Sunday June 10, 2018. The thunderstorms started to produce wind damage in southern Tazewell County between Noon and 1 pm CDT. After 1 pm CDT, a line of thunderstorms began to form which produced wind damage in a large part of central Illinois from Bloomington through Clinton to Champaign /Urbana. Several areas of rotation on the leading edge of the line of storms developed from Bloomington/Normal to Champaign/Urbana. One of these produced two brief tornado touchdowns on the southwest edge of Champaign that damaged house roofs, and knocked down trees and power poles. Several rounds of thunderstorms produced damage in Vermilion County, The line of storms continued to produce damage from west of Decatur toward Paris before exiting the region around 4 pm.

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Photo by Melinda Emmerd
Wall cloud/rotation approaching Champaign
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