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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1125 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.
* AT 1125 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRIGHTS CORNER TO NEAR CARLYLE, OR
ALONG A LINE FROM 18 MILES EAST OF NOKOMIS TO NEAR CARLYLE, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED. AT 11:15 PM GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL WAS REPORTED IN VANDALIA, IL.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT
HAIL DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES.
EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO
LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALEM, VANDALIA, ST. ELMO, SANDOVAL, ODIN, RAMSEY, KINMUNDY,
BROWNSTOWN, MULBERRY GROVE, PATOKA, FARINA, OMEGA, SHOBONIER,
WRIGHTS CORNER, FAIRMAN, STEPHEN FORBES STATION, AVENA, TONTI, LA
CLEDE AND PITTSBURG.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
RAMSEY LAKE STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 61 AND 76.
INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 127 AND 135.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND HAVE PRODUCED 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3874 8921 3874 8925 3887 8926 3897 8926
3900 8925 3901 8925 3922 8913 3922 8881
3891 8881 3891 8869 3870 8870 3858 8914
3874 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 241DEG 50KT 3926 8897 3900 8893 3857 8937
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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