Extreme Heat Warning! (New Event)

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Paducah KY

246 AM CDT Thu Aug 13 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-

Including the cities of Elkton, Benton, Pinckneyville, McLeansboro,

Poplar Bluff, Henderson, Greenville, Piedmont, Morganfield, Mayfield,

Mound City, Carbondale, Fort Branch, Perryville, Mount Carmel, West

Frankfort, Marion, Cape Girardeau, Doniphan, Petersburg, Fairfield,

Bardwell, Eddyville, Mount Vernon, Rockport, Princeton, Harrisburg,

Dixon, Paducah, Murray, Jonesboro, Smithland, Shawneetown, Cadiz,

Elizabethtown, Hopkinsville, Calhoun, Murphysboro, Jackson, Van

Buren, Albion, Hickman, Marble Hill, New Madrid, Owensboro,

Bloomfield, Charleston, Madisonville, Evansville, Boonville, Vienna,

Carmi, Herrin, Poseyville, Clinton, Cairo, Metropolis, Sikeston,

Golconda, and Wickliffe

246 AM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026 /346 AM EDT Thu Aug 13 2026/

...EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/

SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 115.

* WHERE...All of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western

Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during

extreme heat and high humidity events.

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.