NWS PADUCAH HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK
DAY 1...(UPDATED 206 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026)  GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR BOATERS ON AREA LAKES.
DAYS 2-7...(UPDATED 206 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026)  SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT, BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A GREATER CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE. A DAILY CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT..... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED TUESDAY.