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Risk increasing for 60 to 70-MPH winds on Sunday night

The National Weather Service in Paducah says that the severe weather threat for our region on Sunday is increasing, especially for damaging winds.

The storm system continues to trend stronger for severe weather potential from Sunday late afternoon through the evening. The entire Quad State region is in an Enhanced Risk (level 3 of 5). 

The severe weather risk is primarily focused on damaging winds, with widespread wind damage becoming more likely as a very strong cold front sweeps through. Risk is increasing for the chance of widespread damaging south winds of 60 to 70 miles per hour, and even some gusts over 75 miles per hour.

Quick spin-up tornadoes will be possible. Hail and flooding potential are limited, partly because the line of storms will be very fast-moving at 50-60 mph. 

Windy conditions are expected begin through Saturday night, increasing to non-thunderstorm gusts of 35–45 mph during the day on Sunday, shifting to the northwest after the departure of the storms through Monday afternoon.

The passage of the cold front will lead to a transition to snow on Sunday night, especially in southeast Missouri and southern Illinois north of a line from Cape Girardeau to Evansivlle.  There will be limited accumulation potential due to warm surface conditions.  Some locations could see up to an inch of snow on grassy or elevated surfaces. Some bridges and overpasses could get slippery.

Very cold temperatures follow, with lows Monday night in the teens, and early Tuesday wind chills in the single digits.
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