298  
WWUS43 KPAH 212137  
WSWPAH  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
337 PM CST WED JAN 21 2026  
 
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-  
107>112-114-220545-  
/O.CON.KPAH.WS.A.0001.260124T0600Z-260125T1800Z/  
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 SHAWNEETOWN, PETERSBURG, HICKMAN,  
DONIPHAN, PINCKNEYVILLE, HARRISBURG, CAIRO, MAYFIELD, CARMI,  
MORGANFIELD, PADUCAH, GREENVILLE, MOUND CITY, EVANSVILLE,  
JACKSON, GOLCONDA, BENTON, SIKESTON, CHARLESTON, FAIRFIELD,  
PRINCETON, MARION, WICKLIFFE, MADISONVILLE, HOPKINSVILLE,  
MURPHYSBORO, PIEDMONT, WEST FRANKFORT, MOUNT CARMEL, MURRAY,  
POPLAR BLUFF, EDDYVILLE, OWENSBORO, ELIZABETHTOWN, METROPOLIS,  
JONESBORO, CAPE GIRARDEAU, BOONVILLE, SMITHLAND, ELKTON,  
BLOOMFIELD, CLINTON, MOUNT VERNON, BARDWELL, VIENNA, VAN BUREN,  
HERRIN, NEW MADRID, ROCKPORT, CALHOUN, FORT BRANCH, CADIZ,  
POSEYVILLE, MCLEANSBORO, HENDERSON, MARBLE HILL, DIXON,  
CARBONDALE, PERRYVILLE, AND ALBION  
337 PM CST WED JAN 21 2026 /437 PM EST WED JAN 21 2026/  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT  
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY  
AND HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS  
BETWEEN 7 AND 13 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A LIGHT GLAZE  
POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST INDIANA, WESTERN  
KENTUCKY, AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PROLONGED COLD IS ALSO EXPECTED BETWEEN  
FRIDAY AND MONDAY. WIND CHILLS FRIDAY NIGHT COULD BE AS LOW AS -10  
DEGREES ACROSS THE NORTH AND -5 ACROSS THE SOUTH. SUNDAY NIGHT  
WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM -7 DEGREES TO -12 DEGREES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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