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Severe Weather Update

National Weather Service

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A  TORNADO WARNING FOR... MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... EAST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... NORTHERN BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... NORTHERN MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...  UNTIL 545 AM.

AT 510 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CENTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... METROPOLIS... WEST PADUCAH... BROOKPORT... KEVIL AND JOPPA. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

ALSO, 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... CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... NORTH CENTRAL NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* UNTIL 545 AM.

 

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