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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
421 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 420 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 HILLSBORO...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NOKOMIS...
COFFEEN...
WITT...
IRVING...
CHAPMAN...
FILLMORE...
COALTON...
WENONAH...
OHLMAN...
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.
DAMAGING WINDS HAVE CAUSED TREE DAMAGE IN HILLSBORO WITH THIS STORM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM... SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!
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 3903 8946 3919 8963 3936 8948 3936 8914
3935 8913 3922 8914 3922 8901 3921 8900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 238DEG 22KT 3915 8946
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