Tornado Warning 3, NWS Paducah, KY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
338 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR DUBOIS COUNTY
AND UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR POSEY AND VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
INDIANA...
...THE REST OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY ARE IN A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT...

AT 325 PM CDT...THERE WERE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
...EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE ABOT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE...AND 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
EVANSVILLE...NEAR RIDGEWAY ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND FROM
EVANSVILLE TO CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI. ALL OF THE TYHUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE IN POSEY...VANDERBURGH AND DUBOIS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR RISING WATER AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WATER THREATENS.
SPODEN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
550 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF THE TRI STATE REGION
OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 540 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY SHOWED AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL
HAIL...THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...40 MILES WEST OF
POPLAR BLUFF...ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...JUST NORTHWEST OF
MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS AND OVER MISSOURI ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF
ST. LOUIS.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT ABOUT 55
MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND ARE CAPABLE OF
STRONG GUSTY WIND...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HAIL.
OBMANN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
637 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR DUBOIS
COUNTY AND THE REST OF SOUTHERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ARE IN A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT...

AT 625 PM CDT...THERE WERE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE 40 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE JUST NORTH OF ALLENDALE ILLINOIS. OTHERS
WERE JUST NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS AND NEAR ST LOUIS MISSOURI.
ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE VICINITY OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.
.
MOST OF THE STORMS WERE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 FROM
ST LOUIS TO LOUSIVILLE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...
INCLUDING STRONG STORMS WITH HE}AVY RAINS THAT MAY CAUSE
ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
SPODEN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
715 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF THE TRI STATE REGION
OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTILL 11 PM FOR CRITTENDEN
COUNTY OF WEST KENTUCKY...

AT 715 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY SHOWED AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HARRISBURG
ILLINOIS TO POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...IN AND AROUND THE
CARBONDALE AND MARION AREA. ALSO IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DES ARC.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT ABOUT 50
MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND ARE CAPABLE OF
STRONG DAMAGING WIND...TORRENATIAL RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND
HAIL.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...GET TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DIGIORGI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
735 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR DUBOIS
COUNTY AND THE REST OF SOUTHERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ARE IN A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT...

AT 725 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.
THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM OLNY IN RICHLAND
COUNTYTO MARION ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45
AND WILL REACH THE WABASH RIVER BY ABOUT 800 PM CDT. STRONG WINDS AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.
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THERE WERE ALSO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ABOUT 25
MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT OWENSVILLE
INDIANA IN GIBSON COUNTY. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...
INCLUDING STRONG STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS THAT MAY CAUSE
ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
803 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

642 PM CST...SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS
             THE CITY OF CARMI ILLINOIS...WHITE COUNTY. REPORTED
             BY ILLINOIS STATE POLICE AND SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS.

SPODEN