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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
530 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Greene County in southwestern Illinois...
  Macoupin County in southwestern Illinois...
  Northeastern Jersey County in southwestern Illinois...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 530 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Greenfield to near Jerseyville to near Elsah,
  moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Jerseyville, Carlinville, Staunton, Gillespie, Brighton, Mount
  Olive, Bunker Hill, Benld, Greenfield, Shipman, Wilsonville,
  Sawyerville, Mount Clare, East Gillespie, Eagarville, Old Kane,
  Kemper, Piasa, Kane, and Medora.

This includes Interstate 55 in Illinois between exits 41 and 44.
 
This also includes Beaver Dam State Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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LAT...LON 3900 8970 3900 9022 3902 9041 3916 9037
      3935 9038 3931 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 270DEG 35KT 3937 9030 3917 9028 3900 9036 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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