NWS PADUCAH HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK
DAY 1...(UPDATED 326 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2026)  NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
DAYS 2-7...(UPDATED 326 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2026)  HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CLIMB TO 102 TO 108 WEDNESDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION. THESE CONTINUED HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY, COUPLED WITH RAPIDLY DRYING NEAR AUTUMNAL VEGETATION, MAY LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE STARTS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE FORECAST LATE WEDNESDAY THRU THURSDAY. A FEW STRONG, TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS, CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE INTERSTATE-64 CORRIDOR WEDNESDAY EVENING. OTHERWISE, LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM HAZARDS.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT..... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING.