356  
WFUS53 KPAH 200535  
TORPAH  
MOC143-207-200600-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0092.260820T0535Z-260820T0600Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
1235 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
EAST CENTRAL NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...  
SOUTHEASTERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...  
 
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 1235 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A  
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF CANALOU, OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST  
OF LILBOURN, MOVING EAST AT 40 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.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
NEW MADRID, HUNTER-DAWSON STATE HISTORIC SITE, FARRENBURG AND NORTH  
LILBOURN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A WELL-BUILT BUILDING  
AWAY FROM 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 3664 8979 3673 8978 3670 8941 3656 8945  
3657 8948 3657 8949 3658 8950 3658 8954  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 281DEG 32KT 3667 8970  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
 
 
 
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