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Â鶹´«Ã½ Alert

Â鶹´«Ã½ Alert

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...
NORTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...

At 508 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Moores Mill, moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 40 mph or greater and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.

Locations impacted include...
Maysville, Princeton, Plevna, Moores Mill, Elora, Brownsboro, Larkin,
Francisco, New Market, and Ryland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&


MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Lottery fever still strong at state-line stores as Mega Millions jackpot hits $740 million

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Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots have been inching up, even exploding over the past couple of years, topping $1 billion on occasion. Tuesday night, Mega Millions was in that neighborhood. And while the buzz may not be packing the parking lots at the Tennessee state line, the excitement is still there.

The lottery stores along Highway 431 were packed last weekend. Tuesday, it was more of an even flow as customers arrived to take their shot at Mega Millions. Delvecchio Blackburn drove up from Â鶹´«Ã½. He's never played Mega Millions before. What brought him this time?

"740 million brought me, at least to try," said Blackburn. "740 million is a lot."

Steve Riggins lives just down the road in Hazel Green. "Yeah, I've just seen the billboards, 700-something million, so I came here to try my luck," said Riggins. "I bought a few tickets. You never know."

Even with the higher jackpots, business has steadily grown at the state line lottery stops, so much so that they're constantly trying to hire new workers to keep pace.

Still, there's not as much talk about the higher jackpots. Blackburn figures there's little talk, but still lots of action.

"A lot of people don't want you to know they're gambling like that, or they look at it as that," said Blackburn. "I just look at it as numbers."

"It's still a big wow factor," said Riggins. "Usually when it gets high, it goes even higher. So, it's always if you have a few dollars, get a ticket."

Most of the customers we saw were buying scratch off tickets... But most of the time, there were Mega Millions or Powerball tickets included in the purchase.

Blackburn admits he's a rookie at Mega Millions. But win or not win, will he buy again?

"Yeah, when it gets to a billion," said Blackburn. "I'll try it again. Anything over 500 million, I'm trying at least once."

It's still too early to know if anyone won the jackpot. If not, it will roll over to Friday. Powerball's drawing is Wednesday, and it could roll over to Saturday. People I talked with say they expect business to keep going up with Powerball and Mega Millions tickets and scratch off tickets to all be bought in bulk over the next couple of days as stocking stuffers for Christmas.

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