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WUUS53 KPAH 160016
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ILC003-153-KYC007-039-075-105-MOC133-143-201-207-160100-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0034.260316T0016Z-260316T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
716 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
FULTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
WESTERN CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 716 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BENTON TO NEAR COTTONWOOD GROVE, MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SIKESTON, CHARLESTON, PORTAGEVILLE, EAST PRAIRIE, NEW MADRID,
CAIRO, HICKMAN, CLINTON, ORAN, LILBOURN, LA CENTER, MINER, BENTON,
BARDWELL, WICKLIFFE, TOWOSAHGY STATE HISTORIC SITE, BIG OAK TREE
STATE PARK, HUNTER-DAWSON STATE HISTORIC SITE, MOREHOUSE, AND
BERTRAND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9.
INTERSTATE 57 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 21.
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 82.
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 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3641 8961 3640 8967 3643 8974 3639 8975
3639 8982 3710 8967 3719 8892 3650 8901
3650 8942 3646 8946 3647 8950 3650 8949
3650 8953 3646 8952 3643 8955 3637 8951
3634 8954
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 263DEG 42KT 3712 8952 3627 8963
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
DW
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