Severe Weather Statement
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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
501 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

ILC117-119-042245-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-240504T2245Z/
Madison IL-Macoupin IL-
501 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND SOUTHEASTERN MACOUPIN COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...

At 501 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Bunker Hill to near Carpenter to Glen Carbon,
moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

These severe storms will be near...
  Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Staunton, Benld, Worden, Wilsonville,
  Sawyerville, Mount Clare, and Carpenter around 505 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Gillespie, Marine, Livingston, Eagarville, Mount Olive and Alhambra.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 in Illinois near exit 21.
 Interstate 55 in Illinois between exits 23 and 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3877 9007 3898 9004 3913 9005 3920 8970
      3899 8970 3875 8980
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 266DEG 22KT 3905 8991 3886 8991 3875 8996

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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