Expires:202408160200;Remove:202408160200;899096 WUUS53 KPAH 160125 SVRPAH ILC087-127-151-153-KYC007-145-160200- /O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0313.240816T0125Z-240816T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Paducah KY 825 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2024 The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Pulaski County in southern Illinois... Massac County in southern Illinois... West central Pope County in southern Illinois... South central Johnson County in southern Illinois... Northeastern Ballard County in western Kentucky... Central McCracken County in western Kentucky... * Until 900 PM CDT. * At 822 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Karnak, or 9 miles south of Vienna, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Law enforcement. Wind damage was reported in southern Union and Johnson counties. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Paducah, Metropolis, Lone Oak, Brookport, Karnak, West Paducah, New Columbia, Barkley Regional Airport, Joppa, New Grand Chain, and Belknap. This includes the following highways... Interstate 24 in Kentucky between Mile Markers 1 and 7. Interstate 24 in Illinois between Mile Markers 26 and 38. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This is a DANGEROUS SITUATION. This storm is producing widespread wind damage in eastern Pulaski and western Massac counties! SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows! && LAT...LON 3724 8904 3736 8893 3725 8849 3700 8867 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 299DEG 27KT 3728 8888 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ RJP