268  
WWUS73 KPAH 090529  
NPWPAH  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
1229 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026  
 
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-  
107>112-114-092100-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.HT.Y.0008.260809T1700Z-260813T0100Z/  
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 MOUNT CARMEL, CLINTON, PETERSBURG, ELKTON,  
MCLEANSBORO, CHARLESTON, MOUND CITY, VIENNA, GREENVILLE, FAIRFIELD,  
HERRIN, CAPE GIRARDEAU, EVANSVILLE, MORGANFIELD, HENDERSON, GOLCONDA,  
METROPOLIS, CALHOUN, MURPHYSBORO, BOONVILLE, JONESBORO,  
ELIZABETHTOWN, BENTON, BLOOMFIELD, ALBION, MOUNT VERNON, MURRAY,  
SMITHLAND, SHAWNEETOWN, EDDYVILLE, HARRISBURG, CADIZ, PRINCETON,  
ROCKPORT, OWENSBORO, MARION, MADISONVILLE, FORT BRANCH, WEST  
FRANKFORT, CARMI, PERRYVILLE, PADUCAH, DIXON, POSEYVILLE, POPLAR  
BLUFF, CAIRO, MAYFIELD, HOPKINSVILLE, VAN BUREN, DONIPHAN, BARDWELL,  
WICKLIFFE, SIKESTON, NEW MADRID, JACKSON, MARBLE HILL, PIEDMONT,  
CARBONDALE, PINCKNEYVILLE, AND HICKMAN  
1229 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2026 /129 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2026/  
 
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /1 PM EDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT  
/9 PM EDT/ WEDNESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 108 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST INDIANA, WESTERN  
KENTUCKY, AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.  
 
* WHEN...FROM NOON CDT /1 PM EDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/  
WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT  
ILLNESSES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE CLOSER TO 100  
DEGREES TODAY. DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY ALSO EXTEND INTO  
THURSDAY DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF A COLD FRONT.  
 
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.  
 

 
 

 
 
DW  
 
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.

The Nexlab KY Page
The Nexlab IL Page
The Nexlab IN Page
The Nexlab MO Page Main Text Page