491  
WWUS73 KPAH 191519  
NPWPAH  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
1019 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026  
 
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-  
107>112-114-200915-  
/O.CON.KPAH.HT.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-260921T0000Z/  
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 SIKESTON, CHARLESTON, DIXON, PETERSBURG,  
CAIRO, CARBONDALE, EVANSVILLE, PADUCAH, HICKMAN, JACKSON, PIEDMONT,  
CALHOUN, FAIRFIELD, POPLAR BLUFF, WEST FRANKFORT, VIENNA, BARDWELL,  
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MADISONVILLE, BENTON, SHAWNEETOWN, VAN BUREN,  
BLOOMFIELD, METROPOLIS, PRINCETON, SMITHLAND, MURRAY, ROCKPORT,  
MORGANFIELD, CLINTON, HERRIN, PINCKNEYVILLE, ELKTON, MAYFIELD,  
PERRYVILLE, HARRISBURG, EDDYVILLE, MOUNT VERNON, ELIZABETHTOWN,  
MURPHYSBORO, CADIZ, GOLCONDA, NEW MADRID, BOONVILLE, MOUNT CARMEL,  
HENDERSON, MARION, MARBLE HILL, HOPKINSVILLE, JONESBORO, MOUND CITY,  
MCLEANSBORO, CARMI, POSEYVILLE, WICKLIFFE, OWENSBORO, DONIPHAN, FORT  
BRANCH, ALBION, AND GREENVILLE  
1019 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026 /1119 AM EDT SAT SEP 19 2026/  
 
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/  
SUNDAY...  
 
* WHAT...PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS  
WEEKEND.  
 
* WHERE...ALL OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST INDIANA, WESTERN  
KENTUCKY, AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ SUNDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT  
ILLNESSES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE HEAT ADVISORY WAS EXTENDED THRU THE  
WEEKEND DUE TO THE PROLONGED HIGH HEAT CONDITIONS THAT HAVE  
BASICALLY BEEN ONGOING FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PAST WEEK; THIS  
CONTINUES TO HEIGHTEN THE RISK OF HEAT-RELATED HEALTH IMPACTS.  
 
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.  
 
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE  
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING  
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND  
HEAT STROKE.  
 
 
 
 
 
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