NWS PADUCAH HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK
DAY 1...(UPDATED 424 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2026)  A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION FOR HEAT INDICES CLIMBING INTO THE 102 TO 109 DEGREE RANGE. THE CONTINUED HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS, COUPLED WITH RAPIDLY DRYING NEAR AUTUMNAL VEGETATION, MAY LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE STARTS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS BY LATE TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. OTHER HAZARDS INCLUDE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
DAYS 2-7...(UPDATED 424 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2026)  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, FAR WEST KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS, LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT..... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.