THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 615 AM.
AT 542 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL... AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNA... OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH... AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.