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Saline County Sheriff's Office
Tuesday August 6th, 2019 :: 04:27 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:15PM

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern White County in southeastern Illinois... Northeastern Saline County in southern Illinois... Southeastern Hamilton County in south central Illinois... Northwestern Gallatin County in southern Illinois...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 425 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Eldorado, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Public reported quarter size hail near Galatia at 4:19 PM. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Harrisburg, Eldorado, Ridgway, Equality, Raleigh, Omaha, Broughton, Junction and Muddy.

* AFFECTED AREAS: WHITE, IL ... SALINE, IL ... GALLATIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Address/Location
Saline County Sheriff's Office
1 North Main St
Harrisburg, IL 62946

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 618-252-8661

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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