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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
815 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
* AT 815 PM CDT, A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
BECKEMEYER, OR NEAR CARLYLE, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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...
CARLYLE AROUND 820 PM CDT.
BOULDER AND SHATTUC AROUND 830 PM CDT.
FAIRMAN AND SANDOVAL AROUND 835 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE POSEY, HUEY, FERRIN,
HOFFMAN, KEYESPORT, JUNCTION CITY, VERNON, SELMAVILLE, TONTI AND
ALMA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
CARLYLE LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 116 AND 127.
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 3852 8938 3873 8940 3874 8935 3874 8925
3876 8925 3882 8900 3882 8880 3857 8876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 250DEG 43KT 3861 8944
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
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