Tornado Warning 12, NWS Paducah, KY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
235 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL INDIANA AS WELL AS EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
PARTS OF NORTHERN AND ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 230 PM CDT THERE WAS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES INDIANA TO EVANSVILLE TO JUST NORTH OF PADUCAH
KENTUCKY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WAS CAUSING VERY
HEAVY RAIN...SOME SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IT WILL MOVE
ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY DURING THE EVENING.

THIS LINE WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT COVERED A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
335 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
INDIANA AS WELL AS EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
PARTS OF NORTHERN AND ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 330 PM CDT THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE STORM WERE ON A LINE FROM NEAR BEDFORD INDIANA
TO PRINCETON INDIANA TO JUST NORTH OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY. THEY WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH BUY THE GENERAL AREA WAS REMAINING NEARLY
STATIONARY. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

OTHERWISE THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS
ABOUT 80 MILES WIDE FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WAYNE AND EDWARDS COUNTY ILLINOIS.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
735 PM CDT THU MAY 15 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
INDIANA AS WELL AS EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
PARTS OF NORTHERN AND ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 730 PM CDT THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE PETERSBURG
INDIANA AREA AND NEAR HARRISBURG ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THE GENERAL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 80 MILES WIDE FROM COLUMBUS
INDIANA TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY. THEY WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH THE SAME GENERAL AREA
MOST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS IS
LIKELY AS MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVES THjROUGH DURING THE NIGHT.
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