Severe Weather Threat Expected for the Entire Tri-State Wednesday [UPDATE]

UPDATE: July 6th at 10:57 a.m.

Local weather tracking Facebook page, Tristate Wx is reporting the line of storms is starting to stall a bit which could result in heavy rainfall and flash flooding.

ORIGINAL STORY

The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Special Weather Statement covering parts of Vanderburgh, Warrick, Posey, Spencer, and Pike Counties in Indiana, along with Henderson County in Kentucky.

The entire statement reads as follows:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1035 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

INZ082-085>088-KYZ018-019-061615-
WARRICK IN-SPENCER IN-VANDERBURGH IN-PIKE IN-POSEY IN-HENDERSON KY-
DAVIESS KY-
1035 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SPENCER...VANDERBURGH...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE...WARRICK...EAST CENTRAL POSEY...NORTHEASTERN
HENDERSON AND NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT/1215 PM
EDT/...

AT 1034 AM CDT/1134 AM EDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MORGANTOWN TO NEAR COBB. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTEAST AT 35 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVANSVILLE...HENDERSON...BOONVILLE...NEWBURGH...CHANDLER...
MELODY HILL...SANTA CLAUS...DALE...DARMSTADT...LYNNVILLE...
GRANDVIEW...KASSON...EUREKA...FOLSOMVILLE...BLAIRSVILLE...
ELBERFELD...CHRISNEY...TENNYSON AND GENTRYVILLE.