516  
WUUS53 KPAH 200505  
SVRPAH  
ILC003-KYC007-039-MOC133-143-201-207-200545-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0337.260820T0505Z-260820T0545Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
1205 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHERN BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...  
WESTERN CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...  
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...  
NORTHEASTERN NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...  
SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...  
SOUTHEASTERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...  
 
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 1205 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM  
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HORSESHOE LAKE CONSERVATION AREA TO OVER  
ESSEX, OR ALONG A LINE FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF CHARLESTON TO 6 MILES  
EAST OF DEXTER, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
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...  
SIKESTON, DEXTER, CHARLESTON, EAST PRAIRIE, CAIRO, MINER,  
WICKLIFFE, MOREHOUSE, BERTRAND, MATTHEWS, ESSEX, CANALOU, WYATT,  
ANNISTON, FARRENBURG, HAY-WOOD CITY, BLODGETT, BAKER AND  
DIEHLSTADT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM  
WINDOWS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND  
LARGE HAIL.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3679 9008 3700 8964 3711 8946 3702 8888  
3676 8916 3676 8918 3675 8919 3659 8958  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 286DEG 36KT 3704 8940 3689 8957 3679 8986  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
DW  
 
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