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

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Perry County in south central Illinois...
  Jefferson County in south central Illinois...
  Northern Jackson County in southern Illinois...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 647 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Okawville to Rocky Ridge, moving east at 50
  mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. These storms have a history of
           widespread wind damage across parts of Missouri and
           Illinois.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mount Vernon, Du Quoin, Pinckneyville, Rend Lake Area, De Soto,
  Elkville, Woodlawn, Ava, Tamaroa, Willisville, Dix, Cutler,
  Waltonville, Dowell, Bonnie, Campbell Hill, Vergennes, Nason, and
  St. Johns.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 57 in Illinois between Mile Markers 87 and 105.
 Interstate 64 in Illinois between Mile Markers 63 and 82.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3847 8870 3812 8898 3812 8913 3806 8912
      3795 8918 3795 8915 3792 8915 3782 8923
      3783 8966 3796 8959 3822 8959 3821 8915
      3847 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 261DEG 45KT 3842 8963 3793 9022

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

JGG