Extreme Cold Warning issued January 25 at 12:26AM CST until January 27 at 10:00AM CST by NWS Paducah KY
Issue date: 2026-01-25T06:26+00:00
* WHAT...For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 2 to 8 below zero. For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 10 to 19 below zero expected. Maximum wind chills today through Monday are forecast to be in the positive single digits for most of the Quad State. * WHERE...All of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. * WHEN...For the Cold Weather Advisory, until midnight CST /1 AM EST/ tonight. For the Extreme Cold Warning, from midnight CST /1 AM EST/ tonight to 10 AM CST /11 AM EST/ Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 19 below zero could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. The winter storm will exacerbate these dangers.
Winter Storm Warning issued January 24 at 11:39PM CST until January 25 at 6:00PM CST by NWS Paducah KY
Issue date: 2026-01-25T05:39+00:00
* WHAT...Heavy snow. A band of 5 to 9 inches of additional accumulations peaks roughly from around Perryville, Missouri across Southern Illinois to the Evansville Tri-State region. 2 to 4 inches of snow and/or sleet, is forecast further south across southern portions of southeast Missouri and much of west Kentucky. Periods of heavy sleet in far southeast Missouri and western Kentucky through midday Sunday will add up to an inch. Freezing rain from the Missouri Bootheel to northwest Kentucky is possible, amounting to up to a light glaze to a tenth of an inch. * WHERE...All of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, southeast Missouri, and most of western Kentucky. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ Sunday. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult and may become impossible at times. Extreme cold will exacerbate the danger.
Winter Storm Warning issued January 24 at 2:18PM CST until January 25 at 6:00PM CST by NWS Paducah KY
Issue date: 2026-01-24T20:18+00:00
* WHAT...Heavy snow. A band of 8 to 11 inches of additional accumulations peaks roughly from around Perryville, Missouri across Southern Illinois to the Evansville Tri-State region. 4 to 7 inches of snow, mixed with sleet, is forecast further south across southern portions of southeast Missouri and much of west Kentucky. Periods of heavy sleet in far southeast Missouri and western Kentucky this evening through midday Sunday will add up to an inch. Freezing rain from the Missouri Bootheel to Southern Pennyrile is possible, amounting to up to a quarter inch from Calloway to Todd Counties in west Kentucky. * WHERE...Portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST /7 PM EST/ Sunday. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult and may become impossible at times. Extreme cold will exacerbate the danger.
