⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Alexander, IL; Union, IL; Fulton, KY; Bollinger, MO; Butler, MO; Cape Girardeau, MO; Carter, MO; Mississippi, MO; New Madrid, MO; Ripley, MO; Scott, MO; Stoddard, MO; Wayne, MO – Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Alexander, IL; Union, IL; Fulton, KY; Bollinger, MO; Butler, MO; Cape Girardeau, MO; Carter, MO; Mississippi, MO; New Madrid, MO; Ripley, MO; Scott, MO; Stoddard, MO; Wayne, MO
Effective	7/21/2026, 2:48:00 PM CDT
Expires	7/21/2026, 9:00:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 21 at 2:48PM CDT until July 21 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Paducah KY

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 508 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

ALEXANDER UNION

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

FULTON

IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

BOLLINGER BUTLER CAPE GIRARDEAU
CARTER MISSISSIPPI NEW MADRID
RIPLEY SCOTT STODDARD
WAYNE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLOOMFIELD, CAIRO, CAPE GIRARDEAU,
CHARLESTON, DONIPHAN, HICKMAN, JACKSON, JONESBORO, MARBLE HILL,
NEW MADRID, PIEDMONT, POPLAR BLUFF, SIKESTON, AND VAN BUREN.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.