Weather Alerts For Charleston, MO

# HEADLINE -------------------- EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ FRIDAY # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 113. WHERE Portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. WHEN Until 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ Friday. IMPACTS Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events. ISSUED AT Monday, June 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM CDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Paducah KY HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Butler, Hardin, Livingston, Todd, Warrick, White, Alexander, Ballard, Bollinger, Caldwell, Calloway, Cape Girardeau, Carlisle, Carter, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Edwards, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Gibson, Graves, Hamilton, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lyon, Marshall, Massac, McCracken, McLean, Mississippi, Muhlenberg, New Madrid, Perry IL, Perry MO, Pike, Pope, Posey, Pulaski, Ripley, Saline, Scott, Spencer, Stoddard, Trigg, Union, Union KY, Vanderburgh, Wabash, Wayne IL, Wayne MO, Webster, Williamson Including the cities of Elkton, Jonesboro, Bardwell, Carmi, Smithland, Greenville, Poseyville, Elizabethtown, Carbondale, Metropolis, Charleston, Princeton, Cape Girardeau, Pinckneyville, Marble Hill, McLeansboro, Wickliffe, Dixon, Fairfield, Murray, Fort Branch, Hopkinsville, Poplar Bluff, Mount Carmel, Henderson, Jackson, Marion, Perryville, Golconda, Van Buren, Mayfield, Eddyville, Evansville, Hickman, West Frankfort, Piedmont, Boonville, Bloomfield, Petersburg, Shawneetown, Rockport, Mound City, Benton, Cadiz, Herrin, Clinton, Mount Vernon, Murphysboro, Harrisburg, Cairo, Madisonville, Sikeston, Doniphan, Paducah, Owensboro, New Madrid, Vienna, Morganfield, Calhoun, and Albion