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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
649 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
ILC013-083-119-MOC183-189-280030-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-260428T0030Z/
CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-SAINT CHARLES MO-SAINT LOUIS MO-
649 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CALHOUN, SOUTH CENTRAL JERSEY AND NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEASTERN SAINT CHARLES AND NORTHEASTERN
SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
AT 649 PM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACK JACK, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
FLORISSANT, BLACK JACK, PORTAGE DES SIOUX, HAZELWOOD, FERGUSON,
CALVERTON PARK AND BERKELEY AROUND 650 PM CDT.
WEST ALTON, GODFREY AND SPANISH LAKE AROUND 655 PM CDT.
EAST ALTON, ALTON, WOOD RIVER, HARTFORD AND GRANITE CITY AROUND 705
PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE FOSTERBURG AND POAG.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
CONFLUENCE STATE PARK AND FIRST MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL HISTORIC SITE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 222 AND 229.
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 3891 9050 3900 9002 3900 8991 3881 8987
3874 9062 3888 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 258DEG 31KT 3884 9038
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
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