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07/27/2026

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
920 PM CDT Sun Jul 26 2026

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Massac County in southern Illinois...
Southeastern Pope County in southern Illinois...
Central Livingston County in western Kentucky...
Northwestern Marshall County in western Kentucky...
Southeastern McCracken County in western Kentucky...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 919 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Burna, or 14
miles northeast of Paducah, moving south at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Paducah, Calvert City, Reidland, Burna, Ledbetter, Smithland, and
Hamletsburg.

07/27/2026

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
857 PM CDT Sun Jul 26 2026

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Pope County in southern Illinois...
Northwestern Livingston County in western Kentucky...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 857 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Golconda, or
21 miles west of Marion, moving south at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Golconda, Burna, Joy, and Carrsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

07/27/2026

ULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
828 PM CDT Sun Jul 26 2026

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Hardin County in southern Illinois...
Northeastern Pope County in southern Illinois...
Southeastern Saline County in southern Illinois...
Northwestern Crittenden County in western Kentucky...
North central Livingston County in western Kentucky...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 828 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
of Carrier Mills, or 11 miles south of Harrisburg, moving south at
25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Rosiclare, Golconda, Elizabethtown, and Carrsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

07/21/2026
07/10/2026
07/09/2026
06/27/2026

National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Massac County in southern Illinois...
Southeastern Pope County in southern Illinois...
Livingston County in western Kentucky...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 616 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Paducah, Metropolis, Calvert City, Brookport, Salem, Burna,
Ledbetter, Smithland and Hamletsburg.

06/27/2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
ILC069-127-151-KYC055-139-271915-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0194.260627T1836Z-260627T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
136 PM CDT Sat Jun 27 2026

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Hardin County in southern Illinois...
Eastern Massac County in southern Illinois...
Central Pope County in southern Illinois...
Southern Crittenden County in western Kentucky...
Livingston County in western Kentucky...

* Until 215 PM CDT.

* At 136 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles east of New Columbia to near Brookport,
moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Marion, Rosiclare, Salem, Golconda, Joy, Burna, Ledbetter,
Smithland, Elizabethtown, Carrsville, and Hamletsburg.

This includes Interstate 24 in Illinois near Mile Marker 27.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Until 1000pm for Pope.
06/26/2026

Until 1000pm for Pope.

Address

216 E Decatur Street
Golconda, IL
62938

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