Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 08:30PM Friday 
SVRPAH The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Gallatin County in southern Illinois... Southwestern Posey County in southwestern Indiana... Central Union County in northwestern Kentucky...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 742 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shawneetown, moving east at 65 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Morganfield, Shawneetown, Breckinridge Center, Uniontown, Waverly, Old Shawneetown, and Junction.
* AFFECTED AREAS: GALLATIN, IL ... POSEY, IN ... UNION, KY
Instructions:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southern Illinois...southwestern Indiana...and northwestern Kentucky.
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
