889  
WWUS43 KPAH 240903  
WSWPAH  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
303 AM CST SAT JAN 24 2026  
 
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-  
107>112-114-242200-  
/O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-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 PADUCAH, PRINCETON, POSEYVILLE, BARDWELL,  
MAYFIELD, CAIRO, MOUND CITY, VAN BUREN, DONIPHAN, MADISONVILLE,  
MURRAY, ROCKPORT, EVANSVILLE, VIENNA, CARBONDALE, BENTON, MOUNT  
VERNON, MORGANFIELD, JACKSON, BLOOMFIELD, GREENVILLE, PIEDMONT,  
CHARLESTON, ELKTON, PERRYVILLE, SIKESTON, JONESBORO, DIXON,  
HERRIN, WEST FRANKFORT, WICKLIFFE, CAPE GIRARDEAU, NEW MADRID,  
SMITHLAND, FORT BRANCH, FAIRFIELD, HOPKINSVILLE, PETERSBURG,  
CALHOUN, HENDERSON, EDDYVILLE, MOUNT CARMEL, CLINTON,  
MCLEANSBORO, BOONVILLE, SHAWNEETOWN, POPLAR BLUFF, MURPHYSBORO,  
METROPOLIS, HICKMAN, ALBION, PINCKNEYVILLE, ELIZABETHTOWN,  
MARION, MARBLE HILL, CADIZ, GOLCONDA, HARRISBURG, CARMI, AND  
OWENSBORO  
303 AM CST SAT JAN 24 2026 /403 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2026/  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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...UNTIL 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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