NWS PADUCAH HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK
DAY 1...(UPDATED 358 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025)  STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST 25-35 MPH THROUGHOUT THE REGION FRIDAY. SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR HIGHER CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS LATE TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE BOTH POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE FOCUSED IN AREAS FROM POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI, TO MOUNT CARMEL, ILLINOIS, LATE TONIGHT. MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MANY AREA RIVERS, BUT WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS.
DAYS 2-7...(UPDATED 358 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025)  MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MANY AREA RIVERS, BUT WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS. THE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN A HEIGHTENED CONCERN FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT..... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES THIS WEEKEND.