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WWUS43 KPAH 221758
WSWPAH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1158 AM CST THU JAN 22 2026
..MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION
.SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT, 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>112-114-230400-
/O.UPG.KPAH.WS.A.0001.260124T0600Z-260125T1800Z/
/O.NEW.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 GREENVILLE, NEW MADRID, PADUCAH, CLINTON,
BENTON, DONIPHAN, CARBONDALE, SHAWNEETOWN, BOONVILLE, HERRIN,
MADISONVILLE, MARION, ALBION, BARDWELL, OWENSBORO, ROCKPORT,
MOUNT CARMEL, CAIRO, MAYFIELD, MURRAY, VIENNA, POSEYVILLE,
MORGANFIELD, DIXON, HOPKINSVILLE, GOLCONDA, WICKLIFFE, CALHOUN,
SIKESTON, PERRYVILLE, HARRISBURG, SMITHLAND, PINCKNEYVILLE, FORT
BRANCH, ELKTON, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MURPHYSBORO, VAN BUREN,
METROPOLIS, PIEDMONT, MOUNT VERNON, EDDYVILLE, WEST FRANKFORT,
POPLAR BLUFF, JACKSON, PRINCETON, HENDERSON, CARMI, MCLEANSBORO,
HICKMAN, MARBLE HILL, FAIRFIELD, PETERSBURG, EVANSVILLE,
BLOOMFIELD, CADIZ, JONESBORO, ELIZABETHTOWN, MOUND CITY, AND
CHARLESTON
1158 AM CST THU JAN 22 2026 /1258 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026/
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/
FRIDAY NIGHT TO 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ SUNDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW. A BAND OF 8 TO 13 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, SOUTHWEST INDIANA
AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. 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...ALL SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST INDIANA, WESTERN
KENTUCKY, AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT CST /1 AM EST/ FRIDAY NIGHT 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
JGG
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