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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...Gusty Thunderstorms with Small Hail and Cold Air Funnel Clouds
through Early Tonight...

Gusty thunderstorms capable of producing cold air funnel clouds
and small hail are forecast through early tonight. These cold air
funnels are developing underneath thunderstorms that are moving
across the area. Underneath these showers...spinning columns of
air that look like tornadoes may continue to develop. These
funnels usually are very brief and rarely touch the ground. If
these funnels do touch down...they most likely will not cause
damage to life or property.

Cold air funnels are due to very cool air aloft...warm moist air
near the ground...and are usually in association with a strong
area of low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Due to
little or no wind shear...they are usually weak and very brief.

46th Annual Great Cardboard Boat Regatta is Saturday April 27

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CARBONDALE (WSIL) � This weekend, Campus Lake at SIU will be busy and full of people trying to get their cardboard contraptions across without sinking.

That’s because the 46th Annual Great Cardboard Boat Regatta is taking place Saturday April 27. 

This fun, family–friendly event has been drawing aspiring boat builders and spectators to Southern Illinois each spring to race cardboard creations (and watch them sink) since 1974.

Registration will begin at 10 am and races will start at 1 pm at the Becker Pavilion (1493 Douglas Drive).

If you would like to compete, you can register onsite for $20. You can click for a registration form that you can fill out and bring with you to the event.