Special Weather Statement

At 938 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Metropolis to near Barkley Regional Airport to La Center. Movement was southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include... Paducah, Metropolis, Benton, Calvert City, La Center, Reidland, Lone Oak, Brookport, Barkley Regional Airport, Ledbetter, West Paducah, Lovelaceville, Grand Rivers, Kevil, Smithland, Hamletsburg, and Symsonia.

This includes the following highways... Interstate 24 in Kentucky between Mile Markers 1 and 33. Interstate 24 in Illinois between Mile Markers 33 and 38. Interstate 69 in Kentucky near Mile Marker 39, and between Mile Markers 46 and 51.