147  
WWUS83 KPAH 171959  
SPSPAH  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
259 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
KYZ005-172015-  
MCCRACKEN KY-  
259 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT MCCRACKEN COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM  
CDT...  
 
AT 259 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
REIDLAND, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
PADUCAH, LONE OAK, REIDLAND, WEST PADUCAH, AND BARKLEY REGIONAL  
AIRPORT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 24 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND  
17.  
 
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 3695 8871 3695 8881 3708 8887 3712 8863  
3710 8859 3708 8857 3707 8857 3703 8852  
3702 8848 3694 8849 3694 8870  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 263DEG 20KT 3698 8857  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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