Extreme Heat Watch (New Event)

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1152 PM CDT Sat Jun 27 2026

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-281900-
/O.CON.KPAH.HT.Y.0002.260628T1700Z-260629T0100Z/
/O.CON.KPAH.XH.A.0001.260629T1600Z-260703T0100Z/
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, Madisonville, Murphysboro,
Greenville, Cadiz, Charleston, Owensboro, Cape Girardeau,
Harrisburg, Herrin, Dixon, Benton, New Madrid, Pinckneyville,
Elizabethtown, Calhoun, Murray, Poplar Bluff, Mount Carmel,
Marble Hill, Metropolis, Poseyville, Wickliffe, Carmi, Mount
Vernon, McLeansboro, Albion, Clinton, Paducah, Morganfield,
Vienna, Smithland, Perryville, Eddyville, Jackson, Hopkinsville,
Carbondale, Jonesboro, Hickman, Bloomfield, Sikeston, Golconda,
Piedmont, Boonville, Evansville, Fairfield, Marion, Princeton,
Henderson, West Frankfort, Doniphan, Van Buren, Petersburg,
Shawneetown, Bardwell, Elkton, Cairo, Mound City, Fort Branch,
and Mayfield
1152 PM CDT Sat Jun 27 2026 /1252 AM EDT Sun Jun 28 2026/

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /1 PM EDT/ TO 8 PM
CDT /9 PM EDT/ SUNDAY...
...EXTREME HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...For the Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 107
  expected. For the Extreme Heat Watch, dangerously hot conditions
  with heat index values up to 111 possible.

* WHERE...Portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western
  Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.

* WHEN...For the Heat Advisory, from noon CDT /1 PM EDT/ to 8 PM CDT
  /9 PM EDT/ Sunday. For the Extreme Heat Watch, from Monday morning
  through Thursday evening.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
  extreme heat and high humidity events. Hot temperatures and high
  humidity may cause heat illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.