...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN POPE...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSAC...WEST CENTRAL CALDWELL...MARSHALL...SOUTHEASTERN MCCRACKEN...
WEST CENTRAL TRIGG...LYON...SOUTHEASTERN FULTON...CALLOWAY...SOUTHERN
LIVINGSTON...SOUTHERN CRITTENDEN...HICKMAN...SOUTHEASTERN CARLISLE
AND GRAVES COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT...
AT 121 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKPORT TO 8 MILES NORTH
OF MAYFIELD TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF LOVELACEVILLE TO NEAR CLINTON.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. SOME OF THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS MAY OCCUR AS MUCH AS TEN
MINUTES AHEAD OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PADUCAH, MURRAY, MAYFIELD, BENTON, CALVERT CITY, EDDYVILLE, FULTON,
CLINTON, REIDLAND, LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AREA, BROOKPORT, CAYCE,
LEDBETTER, LYNNVILLE, FULGHAM, SEDALIA, KUTTAWA, WINGO, HARDIN AND
HAZEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN PADUCAH.
IF YOU ARE ON OR NEAR THE OHIO RIVER, KENTUCKY AND BARKLEY LAKES,
GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER,
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER
IN A THUNDERSTORM.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
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