940  
WUUS53 KPAH 082024  
SVRPAH  
ILC055-077-081-145-199-082115-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0117.240508T2024Z-240508T2115Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
324 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
EASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...  
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...  
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 323 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR TAMAROA TO MURPHYSBORO, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT  
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO  
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HERRIN, WEST FRANKFORT, MURPHYSBORO, BENTON, DU QUOIN, JOHNSTON  
CITY, CHRISTOPHER, REND LAKE AREA, SESSER, ZEIGLER, DE SOTO,  
CAMBRIA, ROYALTON, ELKVILLE, HURST, VALIER, WEST CITY, TAMAROA,  
INA, AND NORTH CITY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND  
89.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL  
AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3826 8879 3781 8887 3776 8934 3821 8924  
3821 8915 3822 8915  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 264DEG 28KT 3820 8920 3778 8931  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
CN  
 
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