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WWUS43 KPAH 232000
WSWPAH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
200 PM CST FRI JAN 23 2026
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-241100-
/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 BOONVILLE, ALBION, MURRAY, WEST
FRANKFORT, PRINCETON, HARRISBURG, CARBONDALE, JONESBORO,
MORGANFIELD, MARBLE HILL, MOUNT CARMEL, FORT BRANCH, WICKLIFFE,
PINCKNEYVILLE, SIKESTON, CARMI, CAIRO, POSEYVILLE, PETERSBURG,
SMITHLAND, GOLCONDA, METROPOLIS, EVANSVILLE, CLINTON, VAN BUREN,
MCLEANSBORO, HERRIN, SHAWNEETOWN, VIENNA, ELIZABETHTOWN, MARION,
MADISONVILLE, POPLAR BLUFF, CAPE GIRARDEAU, CHARLESTON, MOUNT
VERNON, HOPKINSVILLE, HICKMAN, DONIPHAN, HENDERSON, DIXON,
EDDYVILLE, GREENVILLE, ELKTON, PIEDMONT, ROCKPORT, NEW MADRID,
BLOOMFIELD, PADUCAH, MURPHYSBORO, BARDWELL, JACKSON, PERRYVILLE,
CADIZ, CALHOUN, FAIRFIELD, BENTON, OWENSBORO, MOUND CITY, AND
MAYFIELD
200 PM CST FRI JAN 23 2026 /300 PM 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 9 TO 13 INCH ACCUMULATIONS PEAKING
ROUGHLY FROM AROUND VAN BUREN, MISSOURI ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
AND THE OHIO RIVER COUNTIES OF WESTERN KENTUCKY TO THE EVANSVILLE
TRI-STATE REGION. 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST IN OTHER
LOCATIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
WEST KENTUCKY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET IN FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
AND WESTERN KENTUCKY ARE POSSIBLE, MAINLY SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
MIDDAY SUNDAY, WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY PENNYRILE. SLEET MIXING IN THOSE AREAS MAY ADD UP TO OVER
AN INCH, WITH 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.
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