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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Paducah KY

149 AM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026



ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-

107>112-114-292000-

/O.EXT.KPAH.XH.W.0001.260629T1600Z-260704T0100Z/

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 Hickman, Elkton, Bardwell, Marble Hill,

Marion, Carbondale, Harrisburg, Jonesboro, Fairfield, Poseyville,

Dixon, Boonville, Smithland, Evansville, Wickliffe, Eddyville,

Charleston, Bloomfield, Paducah, Vienna, Hopkinsville,

Pinckneyville, Calhoun, Greenville, Fort Branch, Van Buren,

Doniphan, Cairo, Mound City, New Madrid, Murray, Princeton,

Madisonville, Golconda, Albion, Murphysboro, McLeansboro,

Metropolis, Elizabethtown, Mount Vernon, West Frankfort,

Mayfield, Jackson, Carmi, Henderson, Sikeston, Cadiz, Perryville,

Benton, Petersburg, Cape Girardeau, Rockport, Poplar Bluff,

Shawneetown, Herrin, Owensboro, Clinton, Mount Carmel, Piedmont,

and Morganfield

149 AM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026 /249 AM EDT Mon Jun 29 2026/



...EXTREME HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /NOON EDT/ THIS 

MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ FRIDAY...



* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values of 105 to 

  110 expected.



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

  Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.



* WHEN...From 11 AM CDT /noon EDT/ this morning to 8 PM CDT /9 PM 

  EDT/ Friday.



* 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.



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