TORNADO WATCH 198 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 2 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
ALEXANDER GALLATIN HARDIN
JOHNSON MASSAC POPE
PULASKI SALINE UNION
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
POSEY
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
SPENCER VANDERBURGH WARRICK
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES
IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
BALLARD CALDWELL CALLOWAY
CARLISLE CHRISTIAN CRITTENDEN
DAVIESS FULTON GRAVES
HENDERSON HICKMAN HOPKINS
LIVINGSTON LYON MARSHALL
MCCRACKEN MCLEAN MUHLENBERG
TODD TRIGG UNION
WEBSTER
IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
BUTLER MISSISSIPPI NEW MADRID
SCOTT STODDARD
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BARDWELL, BENTON, BLOOMFIELD,
BOONVILLE, CADIZ, CAIRO, CALHOUN, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DIXON,
EDDYVILLE, ELIZABETHTOWN, ELKTON, EVANSVILLE, GOLCONDA,
GREENVILLE, HARRISBURG, HENDERSON, HICKMAN, HOPKINSVILLE,
JONESBORO, MADISONVILLE, MARION, MAYFIELD, METROPOLIS,
MORGANFIELD, MOUND CITY, MURRAY, NEW MADRID, OWENSBORO, PADUCAH,
POPLAR BLUFF, POSEYVILLE, PRINCETON, ROCKPORT, SHAWNEETOWN,
SIKESTON, SMITHLAND, VIENNA, AND WICKLIFFE.
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...All of western Kentucky.
* WHEN...Through Thursday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms will produce
heavy rainfall capable of flooding commonly flood prone
areas. These storms will also have a tendency to repeat their
heavy rains over the same areas. Rainfall totals may approach
3 inches in total and could be locally higher in some
locations.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
&&
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL PULASKI...WESTERN
MASSAC...SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER...CENTRAL BALLARD...NORTHWESTERN
MCCRACKEN AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM
CDT...
At 1153 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Mound City, or near Cairo, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Cairo, La Center, Mounds, Barlow, Mound City, Kevil, and Olmsted.
This includes Interstate 57 in Illinois between Mile Markers 1 and
11.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southern
Illinois...western Kentucky...and southeastern Missouri.
&&
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
