Tri-State Severe Thunderstorm Warnings – Main Threats: Hail, High Winds

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

EAST CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...

SOUTHWESTERN WABASH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...

WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT/445 PM EDT/.

* AT 248 PM CDT/348 PM EDT/, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG

A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON TO PRINCETON

TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAYVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

EVANSVILLE, PRINCETON, MOUNT VERNON, BOONVILLE, NEWBURGH, CHANDLER,

FORT BRANCH, OAKLAND CITY, PETERSBURG, MELODY HILL, HAUBSTADT,

DARMSTADT, OWENSVILLE, POSEYVILLE, LYNNVILLE, WINSLOW, NEW HARMONY,

CYNTHIANA, FOLSOMVILLE AND BLAIRSVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...

INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 52.

INTERSTATE 64 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 53.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A

BUILDING.

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HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN;

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;

MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH