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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Paducah KY
128 PM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-170100-
/O.CON.KPAH.XH.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260817T0100Z/
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-Hardin-
Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-Warrick-
Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-Livingston-
Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-Union KY-Webster-
Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean-Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-
Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-
Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
Including the cities of Evansville, Clinton, Bardwell, Carbondale,
Henderson, Charleston, Greenville, Poplar Bluff, Van Buren, West
Frankfort, Shawneetown, Pinckneyville, Murray, Mount Vernon, New
Madrid, Golconda, Doniphan, Herrin, Carmi, Mayfield, Perryville,
Albion, Marble Hill, Rockport, Benton, McLeansboro, Morganfield,
Harrisburg, Boonville, Hopkinsville, Jonesboro, Murphysboro,
Eddyville, Elizabethtown, Metropolis, Smithland, Cairo, Calhoun,
Jackson, Madisonville, Owensboro, Petersburg, Fort Branch, Piedmont,
Cadiz, Princeton, Marion, Bloomfield, Hickman, Mound City, Paducah,
Elkton, Dixon, Sikeston, Vienna, Fairfield, Poseyville, Wickliffe,
Cape Girardeau, and Mount Carmel
128 PM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026 /228 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026/

...EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110.

* WHERE...Portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western
  Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ this evening.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
  extreme heat and high humidity events.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay informed.

&&

$$

JGG