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WWUS83 KPAH 170056
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
756 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

ILZ088-089-170130-
Union IL-Johnson IL-
756 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN UNION AND JOHNSON
COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM CDT...

At 756 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Goreville, or 8 miles west of Vienna, moving east
at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Vienna, Goreville, Lake Of Egypt Area, Cypress, New Burnside,
Buncombe, Belknap, and Simpson.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 24 in Illinois between Mile Markers 2 and 23.
 Interstate 57 in Illinois between Mile Markers 32 and 43.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3733 8904 3733 8914 3760 8913 3760 8871
      3734 8871 3734 8890 3732 8890 3730 8893
      3730 8896 3731 8901 3729 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 265DEG 23KT 3747 8904

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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