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WWUS53 KLSX 280147
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
847 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
ILC051-121-280215-
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FAYETTE IL-MARION IL-
847 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND MARION COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 847 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
NEAR KINMUNDY TO 9 MILES WEST OF HELM, OR ALONG A LINE FROM 13 MILES
NORTH OF SALEM TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAMAC, CENTRAL CITY, CENTRALIA, JUNCTION CITY, SANDOVAL, ODIN,
WALNUT HILL, SALEM, TONTI, ALMA, KELL, BRUBAKER, KINMUNDY, ST.
PETER, FARINA, IUKA, OMEGA, STEPHEN FORBES STATION, HELM AND LA
CLEDE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 109 AND 135.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD 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 1100 PM CDT FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3874 8905 3885 8899 3891 8881 3891 8869
3886 8869 3880 8870 3848 8870 3848 8899
3847 8914 3859 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 267DEG 44KT 3880 8897 3866 8896 3848 8895
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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