NWS PADUCAH HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK
DAY 1...(UPDATED 126 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026)  A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNSET. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH TORNADOES, DAMAGING WINDS, AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS.
DAYS 2-7...(UPDATED 126 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026)  A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR THE ENTIRE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE QUAD STATE SATURDAY. 1-2" OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT..... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.