157  
WWUS73 KPAH 121811  
NPWPAH  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
111 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
ILZ075>078-081>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-  
107>112-114-130915-  
/O.EXB.KPAH.XH.W.0005.260813T1600Z-260817T0100Z/  
/O.EXT.KPAH.HT.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-260813T1600Z/  
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-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 MURRAY, MOUND CITY, PERRYVILLE, PETERSBURG,  
GREENVILLE, EDDYVILLE, ALBION, HICKMAN, PADUCAH, CAPE GIRARDEAU,  
SMITHLAND, EVANSVILLE, HARRISBURG, POSEYVILLE, HENDERSON,  
MCLEANSBORO, MADISONVILLE, PIEDMONT, MOUNT VERNON, FAIRFIELD, VAN  
BUREN, BARDWELL, WEST FRANKFORT, CALHOUN, JACKSON, ROCKPORT, CADIZ,  
METROPOLIS, BENTON, DIXON, POPLAR BLUFF, ELKTON, PRINCETON,  
CARBONDALE, JONESBORO, BOONVILLE, FORT BRANCH, CAIRO, GOLCONDA,  
CARMI, WICKLIFFE, OWENSBORO, MARBLE HILL, MURPHYSBORO, SIKESTON,  
CHARLESTON, MOUNT CARMEL, HERRIN, CLINTON, MAYFIELD, BLOOMFIELD,  
VIENNA, SHAWNEETOWN, MORGANFIELD, DONIPHAN, MARION, HOPKINSVILLE, NEW  
MADRID, AND ELIZABETHTOWN  
111 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026 /211 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2026/  
 
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /NOON EDT/ THURSDAY  
TO 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ SUNDAY...   
..HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT /NOON EDT/ THURSDAY
 
 
* WHAT...FOR THE HEAT ADVISORY, HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 107. FOR THE  
EXTREME HEAT WARNING, DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDEX  
VALUES UP TO 110 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST INDIANA, WESTERN  
KENTUCKY, AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.  
 
* WHEN...FOR THE HEAT ADVISORY, UNTIL 11 AM CDT /NOON EDT/ THURSDAY.  
FOR THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING, FROM 11 AM CDT /NOON EDT/ THURSDAY TO  
8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ SUNDAY.  
 
* 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
ILZ080-130915-  
/O.EXT.KPAH.XH.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260817T0100Z/  
PERRY IL-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PINCKNEYVILLE  
111 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
   
..EXTREME HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SUNDAY
 
 
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 112.  
 
* WHERE...PERRY COUNTY ILLINOIS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM CDT SUNDAY.  
 
* 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
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