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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
604 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
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GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-
604 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE, NORTHEASTERN JERSEY AND WEST CENTRAL MACOUPIN
COUNTIES...
AT 604 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KEMPER, OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF JERSEYVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR
JERSEYVILLE.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OTTERVILLE, JERSEYVILLE, KANE, OLD KANE, FIDELITY, PIASA, KEMPER,
MEDORA, ROCKBRIDGE, CHESTERFIELD, PLAINVIEW AND HETTICK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
BEAVER DAM STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED DANGEROUS HAIL
AND 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3904 9041 3918 9038 3941 9000 3918 8987
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 241DEG 42KT 3913 9035
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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