Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >
…Severe Weather Preparedness Campaigns for our Region…
As we approach the spring storm season, there is usually an increase in frequency of severe thunderstorms, including
tornadoes, large hail, flash flooding and damaging thunderstorm winds.
In preparation for the spring storm season, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Paducah, in conjunction with its partners, will
be holding severe weather safety campaigns for each state served by the NWS Paducah Weather Forecast Office.
Below is a list of the dates/times for each state`s campaign and tornado drill:
Illinois - March 1-7; No formal Tornado Drill, but part of a weekly test ("RWT" EAS Code) Tue. March 3 at approx. 10 AM CST
Kentucky - March 1-7; Tornado Drill ("TOR" EAS Code) Wed. March 4 at approx. 9:07 AM CST
Missouri - March 2-6; Tornado Drill ("TOR" EAS Code) Tue. March 3 at approx. 10 AM CST
Indiana - March 15-21; Tornado Drill ("TOR" EAS Code) Wed. March 18 at approx. 9:15 AM CDT
For the Missouri and Illinois Dril see https://www.weather.gov/lsx/severedrills
Social media graphics will be sent out for each of the campaign dates.
We encourage everyone to use this time to educate themselves on severe weather hazards.
For additional information contact NWS Paducah Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Rick Shanklin
(ricky.shanklin@noaa.gov; 270-559-2724) or Assistant Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Christine Wielgos
(christine.wielgos@noaa.gov; 270-744-6440).
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