NWS PADUCAH HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK
DAY 1...(UPDATED 354 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026)  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A MARGINAL TO SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNT CARMEL TO MARION ILLINOIS, TO CAPE GIRARDEAU TO POPLAR BLUFF. THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO.
DAYS 2-7...(UPDATED 354 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026)  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON SATURDAY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH STORMS.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT..... SPOTTER REPORTS OF STORM ACTIVITY LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ARE APPRECIATED.