335  
WWUS53 KLSX 280004  
SVSLSX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
704 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
ILC005-051-117-119-135-MOC183-189-280015-  
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0118.000000T0000Z-260428T0015Z/  
BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MONTGOMERY IL-SAINT  
CHARLES MO-SAINT LOUIS MO-  
704 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026  
 
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR  
NORTHERN BOND, NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN SOUTH  
CENTRAL ILLINOIS, SOUTHEASTERN MACOUPIN AND NORTHERN MADISON COUNTIES  
IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEASTERN SAINT CHARLES AND  
NORTHEASTERN SAINT LOUIS COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...  
 
AT 704 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 9  
MILES NORTH OF NOKOMIS TO OVER HARTFORD, OR ALONG A LINE FROM 9 MILES  
NORTH OF NOKOMIS TO NEAR WOOD RIVER, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO  
ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GODFREY, HAZELWOOD, GILLESPIE, BUNKER HILL, ALTON, FLORISSANT,  
LITCHFIELD, BENLD, EAST ALTON, BETHALTO, BLACK JACK, MOUNT OLIVE,  
WOOD RIVER, STAUNTON, HILLSBORO, SOUTH ROXANA, NOKOMIS AND  
GREENVILLE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...  
CONFLUENCE STATE PARK, RAMSEY LAKE STATE PARK AND LAKE LOU YAEGER.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 30 AND 60.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM  
WINDOWS. THESE STORMS ARE 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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3879 9043 3892 9028 3900 9014 3917 8991  
3930 8966 3935 8953 3935 8914 3922 8914  
3922 8881 3917 8881 3889 8941 3881 9020  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 276DEG 35KT 3944 8938 3916 8955 3899 8986 3882  
9020  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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