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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
601 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
CENTRAL MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.
* AT 601 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR JERSEYVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OTTERVILLE, JERSEYVILLE, DELHI, BRIGHTON, FIDELITY, PIASA, MILES
STATION, MEDORA, KEMPER, SHIPMAN, CHESTERFIELD, PLAINVIEW, ROYAL
LAKES, DORCHESTER, MOUNT CLARE, GILLESPIE, CARLINVILLE, EAST
GILLESPIE, EAGARVILLE AND STANDARD CITY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
BEAVER DAM STATE PARK.
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 3900 9042 3913 9048 3917 9035 3917 9031
3919 9031 3939 8970 3912 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 246DEG 44KT 3908 9036
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
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