Severe hail and power outages reported in Pekin, Pekin IL
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Weather EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency communications tracked a severe weather cell producing pea-sized hail and causing power outages in the Pekin area. The strongest part of the storm moved northeast from Pekin toward Groveland, with reports of outages near Park Avenue. No injuries were mentioned.
Audio|Heard on: Tazewell IL Emergency Ops Group Calls
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04:25
Transcript:
00:00
It's TC 112 with a radar update.
00:03
Strongest part of the cell with the hail core is now just west of North Pekin,
00:09
moving to the northeast.
00:11
So we'll be impacting Pekin here in the next 5-10 minutes.
00:16
Beyond that, it will be heading towards Victoria and Groveland areas.
03:58
We got about pea-sized hail, quite a bit of it, and power outages near Park Avenue in Pekin.
04:08
Pea-sized hail and power is out near Park Avenue? Is that right?
04:15
That's correct.
04:18
And that's in Pekin?
04:21
Yes.
04:23
Okay, thank you very much for that report.
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Location mentioned:
Park Ave, Pekin, IL 61554
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