141  
WUUS53 KLSX 040501  
SVRLSX  
ILC117-040545-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0135.260504T0501Z-260504T0545Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
1201 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 1201 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SHIPMAN, OR  
12 MILES WEST OF GILLESPIE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO  
ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  
SHIPMAN AROUND 1205 AM CDT.  
BUNKER HILL AROUND 1215 AM CDT.  
WILSONVILLE, MOUNT CLARE, BENLD, GILLESPIE AND EAST GILLESPIE  
AROUND 1225 AM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
PLAINVIEW, PIASA, MILES STATION, ROYAL LAKES, DORCHESTER, PRUETT,  
HORNSBY AND WHITE CITY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...  
BEAVER DAM STATE PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 41 AND 44.  
 
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 3909 9014 3926 9005 3917 8970 3900 8970  
3900 8990  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0501Z 295DEG 25KT 3915 9004  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
JAJA  
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