SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
140 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
ILC047-185-172000-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-131117T2000Z/
WABASH IL-EDWARDS IL-
140 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EDWARDS AND
WABASH COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS UNTIL 200 PM CST...
AT 135 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR BONE GAP...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. LARGE TORNADO
REPORTED ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF BONE GAP.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT CARMEL...LANCASTER...BELLMONT AND ALLENDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3854 8766 3850 8764 3847 8775 3844 8772
3838 8778 3835 8810 3835 8815 3852 8815
3853 8814 3858 8782 3857 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 260DEG 56KT 3844 8798
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN
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