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ILC117-135-192030-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
308 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PALMYRA...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VIRDEN...AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VIRDEN...
GIRARD...
FARMERSVILLE...
WHITE OAK...
NILWOOD...
STANDARD CITY...
WAGGONER...
HARVEL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3953 8971 3953 8954 3935 8954 3932 8988
3952 9002
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 251DEG 41KT 3944 8989
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