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WUUS53 KLSX 172313  
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ILC001-MOC111-180000-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0064.260417T2313Z-260418T0000Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
613 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...  
 
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 613 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM  
NEAR COLONY TO 7 MILES WEST OF PLEVNA, OR ALONG A LINE FROM 13  
MILES NORTHEAST OF EDINA TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF EDINA, MOVING EAST AT  
60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE  
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,  
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LA BELLE, LEWISTOWN, STEFFENVILLE, MONTICELLO, EWING, CANTON,  
MEYER, MAYWOOD, LIMA, LA GRANGE, QUINCY, WOODVILLE, URSA, LORAINE,  
MENDON AND FOWLER.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...  
WAKONDA STATE PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 172 BETWEEN EXITS 15 AND 19.  
 
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 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 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR  
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4026 9183 4025 9150 4024 9150 4024 9151  
4023 9150 4022 9150 4021 9151 4020 9151  
4020 9117 3995 9124 3994 9143 3995 9144  
3995 9195 4026 9195  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 263DEG 56KT 4030 9201 4013 9201 4001 9223  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 
 
 
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