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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
642 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
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MARION IL-
642 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 642 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
PATOKA, OR 9 MILES NORTH OF SALEM, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAMAC, CENTRALIA, CENTRAL CITY, JUNCTION CITY, WALNUT HILL,
SANDOVAL, FAIRMAN, ODIN, KELL, PATOKA, VERNON, TONTI, SALEM, ALMA,
HELM, IUKA, KINMUNDY, OMEGA, STEPHEN FORBES STATION AND FARINA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 109 AND 127.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.
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 3875 8870 3848 8870 3848 8892 3847 8903
3847 8914 3882 8914 3882 8903 3883 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 237DEG 49KT 3862 8925
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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