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City of Salem IL. Department of Emergency Management
Saturday July 29th, 2023 :: 04:47 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:45PM

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Clinton County in south central Illinois... Bond County in south central Illinois... Marion County in south central Illinois... Eastern Madison County in southwestern Illinois... Southern Fayette County in south central Illinois... Washington County in south central Illinois... Randolph County in southwestern Illinois... Eastern St. Clair County in southwestern Illinois... Ste. Genevieve County in southeastern Missouri...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 447 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Alhambra to Albers to near Bremen, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Breese, Sparta, Steeleville, Aviston, Okawville, St. Rose, Germantown, Percy, Coulterville, and Tilden around 450 PM CDT. Beckemeyer around 455 PM CDT. Greenville, Carlyle, Nashville, Beaver Creek, and Reno around 500 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Tamalco, Centralia, Wamac, Irvington, Mulberry Grove, Shattuc, Boulder, Centralia, Sandoval, Central City, Ashley, Odin, Patoka, Fairman, Salem and Shobonier. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Illinois between exits 24 and 68. Interstate 55 in Illinois near exit 37. Interstate 57 in Illinois between exits 109 and 135. Interstate 64 in Illinois between exits 34 and 61. Interstate 55 in Missouri between exits 141 and 154. This also includes Hawn State Park, Felix Valle House State Park, and Carlyle Lake Recreational Area.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BOND, IL ... CLINTON, IL ... FAYETTE, IL ... MADISON, IL ... MARION, IL ... RANDOLPH, IL ... ST. CLAIR, IL ... WASHINGTON, IL ... STE. GENEVIEVE, MO

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Address/Location
City of Salem IL. Department of Emergency Management
201 S Rotan St
Salem, IL 62881

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1

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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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