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WWUS43 KPAH 251418
WSWPAH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
818 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2026
..DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES
.VERY HEAVY SNOW HAS OCCURRED ROUGHLY FROM CAPE GIRARDEAU TO
EVANSVILLE AND POINTS NORTH WHERE REPORTS OF OVER A FOOT OF SNOW
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SLEET OCCURRED OVERNIGHT
FROM ABOUT POPLAR BLUFF TO PADUCAH TO MADISONVILLE, AND ICING HAS
OCCURRED SOUTH OF THERE. TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND MAY BE
IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY LOCATIONS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
IN MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH MIDDAY.
KYZ009-012-017-021-022-260000-
/O.CON.KPAH.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260126T0000Z/
CALLOWAY-TRIGG-CHRISTIAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CADIZ, MURRAY, ELKTON, HOPKINSVILLE, AND
GREENVILLE
818 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2026
..ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SIGNIFICANT ICING. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO ONE INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL ICING IS IN CHRISTIAN, TODD
AND MUHLENBERG COUNTIES.
* WHERE...CALLOWAY, CHRISTIAN, MUHLENBERG, TODD, AND TRIGG COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS SHOULD DELAY ALL TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN
CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE
MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU, AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION, AND BE ESPECIALLY
CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS
WINTERIZED AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PREPARE FOR
POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>008-010-011-013>016-
018>020-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-260000-
/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-CRITTENDEN-LYON-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-
HOPKINS-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE
GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-
MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FAIRFIELD, PIEDMONT, MOUNT VERNON,
HARRISBURG, JONESBORO, ALBION, MURPHYSBORO, MAYFIELD, CARMI,
EVANSVILLE, SIKESTON, VAN BUREN, WEST FRANKFORT, FORT BRANCH,
MCLEANSBORO, VIENNA, PRINCETON, MORGANFIELD, CAIRO, POPLAR BLUFF,
SHAWNEETOWN, PINCKNEYVILLE, ELIZABETHTOWN, HENDERSON, CHARLESTON,
ROCKPORT, DONIPHAN, BOONVILLE, NEW MADRID, HERRIN, MOUNT CARMEL,
CARBONDALE, MARION, GOLCONDA, METROPOLIS, OWENSBORO, SMITHLAND,
EDDYVILLE, BLOOMFIELD, PETERSBURG, MARBLE HILL, JACKSON, PADUCAH,
CAPE GIRARDEAU, WICKLIFFE, DIXON, CLINTON, MADISONVILLE,
BARDWELL, POSEYVILLE, PERRYVILLE, MOUND CITY, CALHOUN, BENTON,
AND HICKMAN
818 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2026 /918 AM EST SUN JAN 25 2026/
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/
THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 3
INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OVER NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY AND SOUTWHEST INDIANA.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST INDIANA, WESTERN
KENTUCKY, AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
* WHEN...UNTIL 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY
LOCATIONS. LIFE-THREATENING COLD EXACERBATES THE DANGER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS SHOULD DELAY ALL TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN
CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE
MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU, AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION, AND BE ESPECIALLY
CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS
WINTERIZED AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
JGG
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