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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
528 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2025
ILZ081-085-012315-
FRANKLIN IL-WILLIAMSON IL-
528 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM CDT...
AT 527 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ROYALTON, OR NEAR CHRISTOPHER, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HERRIN, WEST FRANKFORT, BENTON, JOHNSTON CITY, CHRISTOPHER, ZEIGLER,
ROYALTON, HURST, BUCKNER, ORIENT, FREEMAN SPUR, AND BUSH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND
71.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3784 8915 3796 8915 3800 8888 3780 8888
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 270DEG 17KT 3790 8911
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DW
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