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

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN MADISON...NORTHEASTERN ST.
LOUIS AND NORTHEASTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 808 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION 2 MILES SOUTH OF SPANISH LAKE...MOVING 
EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE A TORNADO 
AT ANY TIME!!

AT 806 PM CDT...ST LOUIS COUNTY EOC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE IN WEST 
FLORISANT.

AT 801 PM CDT...A 59 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED AT LAMBERT FIELD.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
WEST ALTON...MITCHELL...HARTFORD...POAG...ALTON...WOOD RIVER...
ROXANA...BETHALTO AND FOSTERBURG.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT...UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER...OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY
ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING.