288  
WWUS53 KLSX 272314  
SVSLSX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
614 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
ILC061-083-117-272330-  
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-260427T2330Z/  
GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-  
614 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 614 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER KEMPER, OR 9  
MILES NORTHEAST OF JERSEYVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
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...  
JERSEYVILLE, FIDELITY, PIASA, MEDORA, KEMPER, ROCKBRIDGE,  
CHESTERFIELD, PLAINVIEW AND HETTICK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...  
BEAVER DAM STATE PARK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM  
WINDOWS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 900 PM CDT FOR A PORTION OF  
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3905 9039 3917 9035 3941 9000 3918 8987  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 244DEG 35KT 3914 9029  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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