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HWOPAH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
135 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2026
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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-
135 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2026 /235 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2026/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST INDIANA, WESTERN KENTUCKY, AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
DAY ONE
TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT
WILL APPROACH OUR FAR NORTHWEST AROUND DAYBREAK, IMPACTING MAINLY
THOSE LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNT VERNON, IL TO
CARBONDALE, TO POPLAR BLUFF, MO.
THERE IS A GREATER (SLIGHT) RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS FROM
THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY, ESPECIALLY BY THIS EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THE RISK COVERS THE GREATER PART OF THE ENTIRE
AREA; IT ALSO INCLUDES A SMALL BUT STILL PRESENT RISK OF LARGE
HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ANY STORMS TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING, AND ESPECIALLY WHERE STORMS CAN REPEAT OVER ANY
AREAS, VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING
ISSUES.
THE HEAT INDEX WILL REACH INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON
FROM FULTON COUNTY, KY WESTWARD ALONG THE MO/AR STATE LINE.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LINGER THURSDAY AND REAPPEAR IN THE FORECAST
IN SOME SMALL FASHION LATER THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, BUT
NO SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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