120  
WWUS43 KPAH 210846  
WSWPAH  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
246 AM CST WED JAN 21 2026  
 
ILZ088>094-KYZ001>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114-211700-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.WS.A.0001.260124T0600Z-260125T1800Z/  
UNION-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-HICKMAN-  
CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-  
CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-  
HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-  
WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW  
MADRID-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CAIRO, GREENVILLE, PADUCAH, HENDERSON,  
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MADISONVILLE, DONIPHAN, NEW MADRID, CALHOUN,  
PRINCETON, MARBLE HILL, SIKESTON, ELIZABETHTOWN, HICKMAN,  
GOLCONDA, MOUND CITY, MURRAY, OWENSBORO, EDDYVILLE, JACKSON, VAN  
BUREN, HOPKINSVILLE, BLOOMFIELD, WICKLIFFE, PIEDMONT, SMITHLAND,  
MORGANFIELD, CLINTON, JONESBORO, BENTON, MARION, VIENNA,  
BARDWELL, CADIZ, DIXON, MAYFIELD, ELKTON, POPLAR BLUFF,  
CHARLESTON, AND METROPOLIS  
246 AM CST WED JAN 21 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH  
SUNDAY MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. TOTAL  
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXCEED 5 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH  
AREA WITH THE GREATER TOTALS MOST LIKELY NEAR THE ARKANSAS AND  
TENNESSEE BORDER IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, WESTERN KENTUCKY, AND  
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 
 
 
 
 
KC  
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