THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS, MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS, SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 900 AM CDT.
* AT 752 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM THAYER TO 5 MILES WEST OF PALMYRA TO WHITE
HALL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR TREE DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
BROKEN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VIRDEN...CARLINVILLE...LITCHFIELD...GILLESPIE...HILLSBORO...
STAUNTON...GREENFIELD...GIRARD...FARMERSVILLE...RAYMOND...BENLD...
WILSONVILLE...MOUNT OLIVE...TAYLOR SPRINGS...HETTICK...NILWOOD...
STANDARD CITY...CHESTERFIELD...WAGGONER AND ATWATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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