Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10:45PM Sunday
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Gallatin County in southern Illinois... Southwestern Posey County in southwestern Indiana... Central Union County in northwestern Kentucky...
* Until 1045 PM CDT.
* At 1005 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Ridgway to near Shawneetown to 7 miles south of Equality, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Shawneetown around 1010 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Uniontown, Morganfield and Breckinridge Center.
* AFFECTED AREAS: GALLATIN, IL ... POSEY, IN ... UNION, KY
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 these storms. 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Address/Location
Saline-Gallatin 911
31 W Church St
Harrisburg, IL 62946
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 618-499-4071
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