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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
248 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN SAINT CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.
* AT 248 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FREEBURG,
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...
SMITHTON, SWANSEA, BELLEVILLE, FREEBURG, SHILOH, NEW ATHENS, SCOTT
AFB, FAYETTEVILLE, MASCOUTAH, ST. LIBORY, NEW BADEN, NEW MEMPHIS,
JOHANNISBURG, ALBERS, DAMIANSVILLE, LIVELY GROVE, OKAWVILLE,
GERMANTOWN AND BARTELSO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
PEABODY-RIVER KING STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 41.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.
TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A WELL-BUILT
STRUCTURE.
LAT...LON 3833 9005 3855 9005 3858 8944 3829 8945
3832 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 268DEG 34KT 3841 8996
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
MAPLES
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