326  
WUUS53 KPAH 200654  
SVRPAH  
ILC087-127-151-200745-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0278.250520T0654Z-250520T0745Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
154 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...  
POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...  
JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 154 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE OF EGYPT AREA TO 8 MILES EAST OF TAMMS,  
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
METROPOLIS, VIENNA, GOREVILLE, GOLCONDA, LAKE OF EGYPT AREA, DIXON  
SPRINGS, NEW COLUMBIA, JOPPA, CYPRESS, NEW BURNSIDE, BUNCOMBE,  
BELKNAP, EDDYVILLE, AND SIMPSON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 24 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 35.  
INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 43.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN  
ILLINOIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3719 8881 3723 8893 3730 8893 3731 8901  
3730 8904 3760 8904 3760 8841 3743 8841  
3739 8847 3729 8851 3726 8851 3722 8846  
3719 8847 3717 8878  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0654Z 259DEG 35KT 3763 8899 3723 8912  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
JGG  
 
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