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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
642 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.
* AT 642 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ALTENBURG, OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRAIL OF TEARS
STATE PARK, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GRAND TOWER AROUND 650 PM CDT.
CARBONDALE, MURPHYSBORO, AND CEDAR LAKE AREA AROUND 655 PM CDT.
CARTERVILLE AND CAMBRIA AROUND 705 PM CDT.
MARION, HERRIN, CRAINVILLE, AND ENERGY AROUND 710 PM CDT.
LAKE OF EGYPT AREA AROUND 720 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE COLP,
GORHAM, MAKANDA, WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND ALTO PASS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND
58.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3761 8889 3760 8904 3754 8952 3758 8952
3759 8951 3758 8949 3759 8948 3760 8948
3764 8952 3769 8951 3771 8954 3786 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 255DEG 47KT 3761 8959
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
DWS
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