BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
756 PM CDT MON AUG 7 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MACOUPIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALMYRA TO
19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHIPMAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
SHIPMAN
PALMYRA
BUNKER HILL
CARLINVILLE
WILSONVILLE
BENLD
GILLESPIE
STAUNTON
MOUNT OLIVE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3948 9015 3899 9014 3900 8969 3941 8972
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