Fog and storm damage cause road closures near Allentown, Tazewell County IL
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel reported heavy fog and storm-related road closures near Mennonite Church Road and Allentown Road in Elm Grove Township, Illinois. A barn roof was blown into a nearby field, and several routes were being blocked for safety while officers surveyed the area.
Audio|Heard on: Tazewell IL Emergency Ops Group Calls
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01:42
Transcript:
00:00
Six seven, can you continue west towards Mennonite Church Road? And then when you get to Mennonite Church, I'm probably going to have you go north towards Allentown so we can kind of cover that whole area.
00:17
Okay, I'm on Mennonite Church now turning on that headed north.
00:22
Copy.
00:25
112 from 67 pound.
00:28
See what I can, it's really foggy out here, but I'm gonna just check the roadway and let y'all know so far enough.
00:35
Okay.
00:36
One call, one forty-seven.
00:40
Go ahead, one forty-seven.
00:42
The owner is out here said it lifted the roof off of this barn and took it into the field.
00:51
Okay, copy.
00:52
Had the roof whitted.
00:56
That is the address that I gave you.
00:59
I got roughly eight pictures coming at you right now.
01:03
Okay.
01:11
Okay.
01:15
It's so foggy out here and everything.
01:16
It's probably going to be hard to see all across these fields, so we're going to really, really have to look.
01:23
Six seven.
01:28
Yeah, I went up Mennonite Church Road in town.
01:30
They've already blocked the Allentown and Mennonite Church to not go that way.
01:34
Not outbound and.
01:39
He's blocking that one down on the east, so he can go west.
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Location mentioned:
Mennonite Church Rd & Allentown Rd, Elm Grove Township, IL 61554
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