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WFUS53 KLSX 192314
TORLSX
ILC051-200000-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
614 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VANDALIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VANDALIA...
RAMSEY...
BROWNSTOWN...
ST. ELMO...
WRIGHTS CORNER...
BINGHAM...
BAYLE CITY...
AVENA...
ST. JAMES...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES
OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3895 8881 3893 8926 3910 8926 3922 8896
3922 8881 3921 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 250DEG 23KT 3899 8917
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