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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
550 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Monroe County in southwestern Illinois...
  Western Randolph County in southwestern Illinois...
  Southeastern Jefferson County in east central Missouri...
  Ste. Genevieve County in southeastern Missouri...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 549 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Olympian Village to near Bonne Terre to
  Leadwood, moving east at 45 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...
  Festus, Waterloo, Crystal City, Ste. Genevieve, Red Bud,
  Herculaneum, Valmeyer, Olympian Village, Evansville, Bloomsdale,
  St. Mary, Weingarten, New Design, Rocky Ridge, Prairie Du Rocher,
  Prairie, Hecker, Ruma, Maeystown, and Fults.

This includes Interstate 55 in Missouri between exits 141 and 175.
 
This also includes Hawn State Park and Felix Valle House State Park.
 
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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southwestern
Illinois. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until midnight CDT
for southwestern Illinois...and southeastern and east central
Missouri.

&&

LAT...LON 3788 9046 3798 9032 3804 9042 3802 9052
      3819 9049 3840 9013 3831 9004 3830 8991
      3828 8990 3829 8992 3827 8992 3822 8990
      3787 8994 3781 9001 3780 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 266DEG 37KT 3819 9049 3798 9050 3787 9057 

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

$$

BSH