BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
633 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF PALMYRA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH. AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NICKLE SIZE HAIL
3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITE HALL.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
CARLINVILLE

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3949 9016 3925 9015 3914 8970 3951 8971
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