Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10:30PM Friday
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Saline County in southern Illinois... Gallatin County in southern Illinois... Union County in northwestern Kentucky...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 1006 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shawneetown, 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... Morganfield, Shawneetown, Breckinridge Center, Uniontown, Ridgway, Equality, Waverly, Old Shawneetown and Junction.
* AFFECTED AREAS: GALLATIN, IL ... SALINE, IL ... 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 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, 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