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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
417 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.
* AT 417 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ODIN, OR NEAR SALEM, MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
ODIN AROUND 420 PM CDT.
SALEM AROUND 430 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE SELMAVILLE, CARTTER
AND IUKA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 116.
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 3865 8909 3865 8870 3849 8870 3856 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 275DEG 22KT 3861 8903
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
BRC
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