NWS PADUCAH HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK
DAY 1...(UPDATED 302 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026)  A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNSET OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST INDIANA, AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, AS WELL AS A PORTION OF NORTHWEST KENTUCKY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR KENTUCKY LAKE AND LAKE BARKLEY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR AND EVANSVILLE TRI STATE IN THE 10 PM TO 3 AM TIME FRAME. DAMAGING WINDS, TORNADOES, AND LARGE HAIL WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE.
DAYS 2-7...(UPDATED 302 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026)  SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND MUCH OF WEST KENTUCKY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE, IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT..... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE QUAD STATE.