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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.

Honor Flight receives big donation ahead of Mission 10 set for May

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Honor Flight receives big donation ahead of Mission 10 set for May

MARION, IL (WSIL) -- Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois received a big donation Friday from area Walmart stores.

Honor Flight volunteers gathered Friday afternoon at Veterans Airport where Walmart presented a check, for more than $11,000.

Nearly 700 local veterans have made the trip to Washington D.C. since those trips began in 2017.

Walmart Market Health and Wellness Director Carrie Wiggins says the donation is their way of showing support.

"We have 11 stores in our market and they all donate money in order to support the organization," explains Wiggins. "That's what Walmart does, we give back to the community and we really enjoy it every chance we can, and we really have a lot of veterans that work for us at Walmart and this is a way of honoring them also."

Honor Flight's Mission 10  is set to take off May 9th with 87 veterans and their guardians. That flight is fully funded, thanks to a $125,000 donation from the Harrison-Bruce Foundation.