Illinois, Kentucky Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/31/2026 21:52

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 31 at 11:52PM CDT until August 1 at 12:15AM CDT by NWS Paducah KY
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 31, 2026 - 9:52pm
Expires: 
July 31, 2026 - 10:15pm
Description: 
SVRPAH The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Pulaski County in southern Illinois... Central Alexander County in southern Illinois... Northwestern Ballard County in western Kentucky... * Until 1215 AM CDT. * At 1152 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tamms, or 13 miles north of Cairo, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Cairo, Mounds, Barlow, Tamms, Mound City, Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area, Olive Branch, Ullin, Olmsted, New Grand Chain, and Pulaski. This includes Interstate 57 in Illinois between Mile Markers 3 and 17.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Alexander, IL; Pulaski, IL; Ballard, KY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Paducah KY
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov