927  
WUUS53 KLSX 040338  
SVRLSX  
ILC083-117-119-MOC183-040445-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0134.260504T0338Z-260504T0445Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
1038 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...  
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...  
NORTHEASTERN SAINT CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...  
 
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 1038 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF  
GRAFTON, OR 11 MILES NORTH OF ST. CHARLES, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT  
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  
GRAFTON AND ORCHARD FARMS AROUND 1045 PM CDT.  
PORTAGE DES SIOUX AND ELSAH AROUND 1050 PM CDT.  
GODFREY AND WEST ALTON AROUND 1055 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
FOSTERBURG, HAMEL, FRUIT, KAUFMAN AND WILLIAMSON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...  
CONFLUENCE STATE PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 41. INTERSTATE 70 IN  
ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 21.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM  
WINDOWS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE  
HAIL.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3886 9049 3896 9047 3897 9045 3897 9047  
3903 9046 3904 8972 3875 8980 3880 9012  
3882 9013 3883 9014 3882 9018 3885 9026  
3888 9029 3889 9031 3888 9034 3884 9035  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 274DEG 43KT 3895 9052  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
JAJA  
 
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