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Tornado Watch
Issued: 11:34 PM May. 16, 2025 – National Weather Service
TORNADO WATCH 265 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT /11 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EDWARDS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ALEXANDER FRANKLIN GALLATIN HAMILTON HARDIN JEFFERSON JOHNSON MASSAC POPE PULASKI SALINE UNION WABASH WAYNE WHITE WILLIAMSON IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA POSEY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA GIBSON PIKE 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 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MISSISSIPPI NEW MADRID SCOTT STODDARD THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, BARDWELL, BENTON, BLOOMFIELD, BOONVILLE, CADIZ, CAIRO, CALHOUN, CARMI, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DIXON, EDDYVILLE, ELIZABETHTOWN, ELKTON, EVANSVILLE, FAIRFIELD, FORT BRANCH, GOLCONDA, GRAYVILLE, GREENVILLE, HARRISBURG, HENDERSON, HERRIN, HICKMAN, HOPKINSVILLE, JONESBORO, MADISONVILLE, MARION, MAYFIELD, MCLEANSBORO, METROPOLIS, MORGANFIELD, MOUND CITY, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT VERNON, MURRAY, NEW MADRID, OWENSBORO, PADUCAH, PETERSBURG, POSEYVILLE, PRINCETON, ROCKPORT, SHAWNEETOWN, SIKESTON, SMITHLAND, VIENNA, WEST FRANKFORT, WEST SALEM, AND WICKLIFFE.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 11:27 PM May. 16, 2025 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG...NORTHERN CHRISTIAN...SOUTHEASTERN HOPKINS AND NORTHERN TODD COUNTIES... At 627 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Crofton, or 14 miles northeast of Hopkinsville, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Nortonville, Crofton, Powderly, Greenville, Weir, White Plains, St. Charles, Allegre, and Clifty. This includes the following highways... Interstate 69 in Kentucky between Mile Markers 99 and 106. Western Kentucky Parkway between Mile Markers 39 and 41, and near Mile Marker 47. Pennyrile Parkway between Mile Markers 15 and 34. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central and northwestern Kentucky. This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows. This is a dangerous storm. Prepare immediately for large destructive hail capable of producing significant damage. People outside should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from windows. && THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Special Weather Statement
Issued: 11:12 PM May. 16, 2025 – National Weather Service
...Dangerous Severe Thunderstorms Moving through the Area this Evening... Several intense supercell thunderstorms are occuring across southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and western Kentucky as of 6 pm. Any of these storms will be capable of producing very large hail to tennis ball size, wind gusts to 80 mph and a few tornadoes. If your area receives a warning this evening, please take them seriously and be near a sturdy shelter. The severe weather threat is expected to move out of the area by midnight.
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