...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 430 PM, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG A LINE FROM
GREENVILLE MISSOURI TO PADUCAH, CALVERT CITY AND EAST TO
HOPKINSVILLE IN WEST KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH, SOUTHEAST 20 TO
30 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 35 TO 55 MPH
WIND GUSTS, VERY HEAVY RAINFALL, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING THROUGH
530 PM, AS THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
AND WEST KENTUCKY.
SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS INCLUDE BARDWELL,
BENTON AND MAYFIELD IN WEST KENTUCKY, AND SIKESTON, CHARLESTON AND
VAN BUREN IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE
MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND SOME POWER OUTAGES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR MOST OF
THE AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
