269  
WFUS53 KPAH 160036  
TORPAH  
ILC003-087-127-153-KYC007-145-160115-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0021.260316T0036Z-260316T0115Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
736 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...  
NORTHWESTERN MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...  
SOUTH CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...  
EAST CENTRAL ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...  
NORTHERN BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...  
NORTHWESTERN MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...  
 
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 736 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH  
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED OVER  
MOUNDS, OR 7 MILES NORTH OF CAIRO, MOVING NORTHEAST 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.  
 
* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
KARNAK AROUND 745 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
OLMSTED, NEW GRAND CHAIN, AND JOPPA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND  
13.  
 
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 3703 8920 3715 8927 3735 8888 3720 8869  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 238DEG 46KT 3712 8916  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 
 
 
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