Douglas County EMA

06/17/2026

Tornado Warning for Douglas County! Take cover now!

06/17/2026

Tornado Warning for Douglas County until 5 pm. Take Cover Now!

06/17/2026

Douglas County Courthouse is closing @ 3 pm.

06/17/2026

The National Weather Service has issued a new Tornado Watch 342 for Douglas and surrounding counties until 10 pm tonight, June 17th.

06/17/2026

Stay Weather Aware All Day! Heed All Warnings today!

06/17/2026

Stay Weather Aware!

1:16am CDT Public Severe Weather Outlook concerning https://spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2026/pwo_202606170615.html

06/17/2026

Tornado Watch 340 from National Weather Service for Douglas and surrounding counties until 3 pm this afternoon, June 17th!

06/16/2026

** 11:30am Edit: all lanes are open
Northbound I57 between Pesotum and Monticello Road is closed due to an accident. Traffic is being rerouted to US 45 North

06/16/2026

Stay Weather Aware!

06/16/2026

Douglas County is a 7 out of 10 for a tornado risk.

TORNADO RISK: Wednesday evening particularly between 6-10p but anytime in the afternoon/evening now up to an 8/10 risk in red. Severe storms including a few tornadoes also possible 9a-2p locally.

8/10 - Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, Danville, Lincoln, Bloomington, Pontiac, Watseka

7/10 - Jacksonville, Taylorville, Tuscola

5/10 - Effingham, Mattoon/Charleston, Paris

Even if you are not in the highest risk, the threat of tornadoes is still present. Many of us were NOT in the highest risk last week and we still saw tornadoes in our area.