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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1239 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
ILC119-163-MOC183-189-510-271815-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-260427T1815Z/
MADISON IL-SAINT CLAIR IL-SAINT CHARLES MO-SAINT LOUIS MO-SAINT
LOUIS CITY MO-
1239 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
MADISON AND NORTHERN SAINT CLAIR COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS,
EAST CENTRAL SAINT CHARLES AND NORTHEASTERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES IN
EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE SAINT LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...
AT 1239 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER VINITA PARK, OR OVER OVERLAND, MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VINITA PARK, VINITA TERRACE, HANLEY HILLS, UNIVERSITY CITY,
OVERLAND, CHARLACK, PAGEDALE, BEL-NOR, ST. JOHN AND SYCAMORE HILLS
AROUND 1240 PM CDT.
UPLANDS PARK, PINE LAWN, VELDA VILLAGE HILLS, HILLSDALE, BEVERLY
HILLS, NORTHWOODS, VELDA CITY, NORMANDY, WELLSTON AND GLEN ECHO
PARK AROUND 1245 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE SAUGET, MITCHELL AND
POAG.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
SCOTT JOPLIN HISTORIC SITE, CONFLUENCE STATE PARK AND HORSESHOE LAKE
STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 64 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 9 AND 23. INTERSTATE 55 IN
ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 23.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A WELL-BUILT BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN A
VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3871 9043 3881 9038 3895 8995 3854 8978
3853 9027 3865 9042
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 263DEG 30KT 3868 9042
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
BSH
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