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WWUS43 KPAH 221829
WSWPAH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1229 PM CST THU JAN 22 2026
..MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION
.SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVERNIGHT FRIDAY 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>112-114-230430-
/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 ROCKPORT, CADIZ, HOPKINSVILLE,
METROPOLIS, PIEDMONT, MORGANFIELD, SIKESTON, HARRISBURG, WEST
FRANKFORT, GOLCONDA, ELIZABETHTOWN, EVANSVILLE, DIXON,
MADISONVILLE, GREENVILLE, MOUND CITY, MOUNT CARMEL, CALHOUN,
CARMI, DONIPHAN, BARDWELL, MARION, HERRIN, BLOOMFIELD,
CHARLESTON, ALBION, CAIRO, JACKSON, POSEYVILLE, VAN BUREN, MOUNT
VERNON, WICKLIFFE, MURRAY, BOONVILLE, PRINCETON, MAYFIELD, CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MURPHYSBORO, ELKTON, FAIRFIELD, MCLEANSBORO, PADUCAH,
VIENNA, PETERSBURG, SHAWNEETOWN, SMITHLAND, HENDERSON,
PERRYVILLE, MARBLE HILL, JONESBORO, HICKMAN, EDDYVILLE,
OWENSBORO, FORT BRANCH, BENTON, PINCKNEYVILLE, POPLAR BLUFF, NEW
MADRID, CLINTON, AND CARBONDALE
1229 PM CST THU JAN 22 2026 /129 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026/
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS 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 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...ALL OF 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...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
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.
JGG
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