DISCLOSURE READERSHIP AREA OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS—Here’s the weather coming up for our entire readership area, from southeastern Missouri, across Illinois, and into southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky; it looks rough, so take appropriate precautions.
Screencap of impending weather front moving in to the Missouri bootheel; will be in Illinois shortly, this capped at shortly after 1 p.m.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 427 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-141000- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 427 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH MIDDAY. A VIGOROUS LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AROUND NOON...REACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND 3 PM...AND THEN PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THROUGH 9 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WITHIN THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. A FEW STRONG TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...GENERALLY NEAR THE BOOT HEEL REGION. LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...AND WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THE LINE OF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE AND A HALF TO 3 INCHES. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND THE LAKES AND PENNYRILE REGIONS OF WEST KENTUCKY. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LINGER INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY. A FEW MINOR FLOOD PROBLEMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.