123  
WUUS53 KPAH 162154  
SVRPAH  
ILC081-191-162215-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0129.260516T2154Z-260516T2215Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
454 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 453 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFORD, OR  
12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS  
STORM OR COMPLEX OF STORMS HAS PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS, DOWNING  
POWER LINES AND TREES, IN PARTS OF MARION COUNTY.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MOUNT VERNON, WAYNE CITY, SIMS, AND JOHNSONVILLE.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3860 8852 3836 8848 3833 8892 3848 8892  
3847 8870 3861 8869 3861 8853  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 264DEG 40KT 3841 8872  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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