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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
846 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
ILC121-280200-
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MARION IL-
846 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 846 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KINMUNDY, OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALEM, MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
OMEGA, KINMUNDY AND FARINA AROUND 850 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE BRUBAKER, ALMA AND
IUKA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 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 3856 8897 3882 8894 3882 8880 3857 8876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 255DEG 49KT 3867 8905
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
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