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Winter Storm Watch
Issued: 3:35 AM Jan. 22, 2026 – National Weather Service
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation is possible in southern portions
of west Kentucky, with heavy snow possible across the rest of west
Kentucky, southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and southwest
Indiana. Total snow accumulations between 7 and 13 inches, and ice
accumulations around a light glaze possible.

* WHERE...All of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western
Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.

* WHEN...From late Friday night through Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Prolonged cold is also expected between
Friday and Monday. Wind chills Friday night could be as low as -10
degrees across the north and -5 across the south.  Sunday night
wind chills will range from -7 degrees to -12 degrees.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Continue to monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this
situation.

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