- County,
- Special Weather Statement issued May 30 at 5:01PM CDT by NWS
- Effective: 5:01 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2013
- Expires: 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN GREENE AND CALHOUN
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 455 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WINFIELD...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELSBERRY...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ELSBERRY...
HARDIN...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS
AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS
LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.- See more at NOAA
