TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:30 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

AT 9:53 PM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINTE GENEVIEVE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

STE. GENEVIEVE BY 10:07 PM CDT
ELLIS GROVE BY 10:15 PM CDT
EVANSVILLE BY 10:18 PM CDT
BALDWIN BY 10:28 PM CDT
SPARTA BY 10:30 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STRUDY BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET. USE PILLOWS AND BLANKETS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR A VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING. IF NO BUILDING IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

JACKSON