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WWUS43 KPAH 230718
WSWPAH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
118 AM CST FRI JAN 23 2026
..MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION
.SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, PERIODS OF SLEET WILL
MIX IN OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY AND FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE
MAJORITY OF THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST AT HEAVY SNOW THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-232100-
/O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0001.260124T0600Z-260126T0000Z/
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 CAIRO, BOONVILLE, ELKTON, HENDERSON,
GREENVILLE, CARBONDALE, MOUNT CARMEL, EDDYVILLE, PETERSBURG,
BARDWELL, SMITHLAND, HOPKINSVILLE, MARBLE HILL, OWENSBORO,
HICKMAN, CARMI, WICKLIFFE, JONESBORO, BENTON, EVANSVILLE,
METROPOLIS, BLOOMFIELD, HARRISBURG, MARION, DIXON, CADIZ,
SIKESTON, MAYFIELD, CAPE GIRARDEAU, HERRIN, POSEYVILLE, JACKSON,
VIENNA, FORT BRANCH, CHARLESTON, ROCKPORT, MORGANFIELD, CALHOUN,
MOUNT VERNON, PIEDMONT, MOUND CITY, CLINTON, SHAWNEETOWN,
PINCKNEYVILLE, GOLCONDA, DONIPHAN, VAN BUREN, PRINCETON,
MADISONVILLE, WEST FRANKFORT, ELIZABETHTOWN, FAIRFIELD, ALBION,
PERRYVILLE, POPLAR BLUFF, MURPHYSBORO, NEW MADRID, MURRAY,
MCLEANSBORO, AND PADUCAH
118 AM CST FRI JAN 23 2026 /218 AM EST FRI JAN 23 2026/
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM
EST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ SUNDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW. A BAND OF 8 TO 13 INCH ACCUMULATIONS PEAKING
ROUGHLY FROM AROUND POPLAR BLUFF, MO TO PADUCAH AND MARION
NORTHEASTWARD TO EVANSVILLE AND OWENSBORO. 6 TO 10 INCHES IN OTHER
LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY.
PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET IN FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN
KENTUCKY WITH FREEZING RAIN MIXED IN. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION AND
UP TO A LIGHT GLAZE OF FREEZING RAIN.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST INDIANA, WESTERN
KENTUCKY, AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/
SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT AND MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE
AT TIMES. EXTREME COLD WILL EXACERBATE THE DANGER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CAN
BE OBTAINED BY VISITING WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PAH/ROADS
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
DW
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