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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Heat index values between 100 and 106.

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

* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ Friday.

* IMPACTS...Prolonged exposure to hot temperatures and high
humidity may cause heat illnesses.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The first prolonged stretch of heat and
humidity of the season will amplify health impacts. Health
impacts will build with each successive day in the heat and
humidity.

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.

Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early
morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat
exhaustion and heat stroke.

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No injuries after plane makes emergency landing at Paducah’s Barkley Regional Airport

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PADUCAH (WSIL) -- A plane landed safely Monday afternoon at Barkley Regional Airport, after a pilot reported an engine on fire.

At 12:15 p.m. air traffic control was notified of an aircraft inbound with engine fire. At 12:16 p.m. Barkley Airport fire and rescue contacted central dispatch requested mutual aid from other agencies while responding to the runway where the plane was going to land.

At 12:18 the aircraft, a Learjet 60 with 2 people on board, landed safely without incident. No one on board was injured.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

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