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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2026, 5:20 AM CDT for Jackson County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2026, 5:20 AM CDT (10:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2026, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Jackson County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 27, 2:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 2:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 6:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Pulaski, Union, Williamson | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 8:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Union, Williamson | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Williamson | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Johnson, Saline, Williamson | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wayne | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 2:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Union | 8 days |
| Apr 27, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 4:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ripley | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 5:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 39 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.