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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
506 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Pulaski County in southern Illinois...
  Ballard County in western Kentucky...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 505 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cairo, moving
  northeast 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  La Center, Mounds, Barlow, Mound City, Kevil, Olmsted, and New
  Grand Chain.

This includes Interstate 57 in Illinois between Mile Markers 5 and
15.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3701 8917 3708 8918 3709 8920 3709 8924
      3710 8924 3710 8926 3713 8927 3715 8926
      3728 8911 3722 8893 3704 8885 3697 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 236DEG 27KT 3699 8921

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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