NWS PADUCAH HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK
DAY 1...(UPDATED 224 AM CDT MON SEP 7 2026)  NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CONTINUED HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS, COUPLED WITH RAPIDLY DRYING VEGETATION MAY LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE STARTS.
DAYS 2-7...(UPDATED 224 AM CDT MON SEP 7 2026)  HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 100 TO 105 RANGE THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE WEDNESDAY. CONTINUED HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY, COUPLED WITH RAPIDLY DRYING VEGETATION MAY LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE STARTS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE QUAD STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THEN ATTEMPT TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. A FEW 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 CONCERNS.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT..... SPOTTER ACTIVATION CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT WEDNESDAY EVENING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR.