043  
WUUS53 KPAH 162216  
SVRPAH  
ILC081-191-162245-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0131.260516T2216Z-260516T2245Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
516 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...  
 
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 514 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WAYNE CITY,  
OR 12 MILES WEST OF FAIRFIELD, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER  
STORM WAS NEAR WOODLAWN, MOVING TOWARD MOUNT VERNON.  
 
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, BLUFORD, SIMS, AND KEENES.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 90.  
INTERSTATE 64 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 109.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3848 8845 3825 8836 3826 8870 3824 8870  
3824 8892 3842 8892  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 264DEG 27KT 3838 8860  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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