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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
508 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2025
ILZ093-094-KYZ003>006-072300-
MASSAC IL-PULASKI IL-CARLISLE KY-MCCRACKEN KY-BALLARD KY-GRAVES KY-
508 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN PULASKI...MASSAC
NORTHEASTERN CARLISLE...BALLARD...MCCRACKEN AND NORTHERN GRAVES
COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
AT 508 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BARKLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT, OR NEAR METROPOLIS,
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PADUCAH, METROPOLIS, LA CENTER, BARDWELL, REIDLAND, LONE OAK,
BROOKPORT, BARLOW, KARNAK, BARKLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT, WEST PADUCAH,
LOVELACEVILLE, NEW COLUMBIA, KEVIL, JOPPA, NEW GRAND CHAIN, LOWES,
BLANDVILLE, AND SYMSONIA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 24 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17.
INTERSTATE 24 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 38.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3682 8903 3730 8904 3731 8901 3730 8896
3730 8893 3732 8890 3734 8890 3734 8871
3716 8849 3707 8849 3707 8853 3708 8857
3707 8857 3703 8852 3702 8848 3688 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 265DEG 23KT 3710 8881
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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