# HEADLINE
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EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /9 PM EDT/ FRIDAY
# DETAILS
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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
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Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
# AREAS AFFECTED
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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