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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service PADUCAH KY
509 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024

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Jackson-Union-Johnson-Pope-Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Fulton-
Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-Livingston-Marshall-
Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-
McLean-Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-
Carter-Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
Including the cities of Carbondale, Murphysboro, Jonesboro,
Vienna, Golconda, Elizabethtown, Cairo, Mound City, Metropolis,
Hickman, Clinton, Bardwell, Wickliffe, Paducah, Mayfield,
Smithland, Benton, Murray, Marion, Eddyville, Cadiz, Princeton,
Dixon, Madisonville, Hopkinsville, Calhoun, Greenville, Elkton,
Perryville, Marble Hill, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Piedmont,
Van Buren, Doniphan, Poplar Bluff, Bloomfield, Sikeston,
Charleston, and New Madrid
509 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024

...Cold air funnels will be possible...

There have been reports of cold air funnels this afternoon in New
Madrid County Missouri. These cold air funnels will be possible
underneath any showers across the region through sunset.
Underneath these showers...spinning columns of air that look like
tornadoes may continue to develop. These funnels usually are very
brief and rarely touch the ground. If these funnels do touch
down...they most likely will not cause damage to life or property.

Cold air funnels are due to very cool air aloft...warm moist air
near the ground...and are usually in association with a strong
area of low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Due to
little or no wind shear...they are usually weak and very brief.

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