NWS PADUCAH HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK
DAY 1...(UPDATED 320 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026)  AN INITIAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MAINLY SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS, BUT SOME HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY THIS EVENING. VERY LARGE HAIL, GREATER THAN GOLFBALL SIZE, STRONG TORNADOES, AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST THREAT SEEMS TO BE IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. ANY STORM TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD THREAT COULD DEVELOP IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE MULTIPLE STORMS. SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST 25-40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
DAYS 2-7...(UPDATED 320 AM CDT MON APR 27 2026)  NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS, BUT A FEW TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO AN ISOLATED FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT..... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ACTIVATION CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING, AS WELL. ACTIVATION THROUGHOUT THE REGION MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.