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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
722 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR MONTGOMERY AND CENTRAL
MACOUPIN COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 722 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HILLSBORO TO CARLINVILLE MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH. 

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
INCLUDE...RAYMOND...BUTLER...HILLSBORO...WITT...IRVING...COALTON...NO
KOMIS AND WENONAH.

AT 645 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A BARN DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN
6 MILES WEST OF CARLINVILLE. 

AT 710 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LARGE TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE
EAST OF CARLINVILLE. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAS
DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN
THE INTERIOR PORTION OF A STURDY BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!