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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

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

* WHAT...Heat index values 100 to 107 expected.

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

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

* IMPACTS...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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Tracking multiple rounds of rain & storms -- flash flooding concerns

  • Katie Melvin is the Weekend Evening Meteorologist. She's a recent UNC Charlotte graduate where she earned her BS in Meteorology and BA in Mass Media Communication Studies. If you have a weather related story idea, email her at [email protected].

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WSIL (Carterville) -- The overcast skies are continuing to stay with many of us this afternoon and it's keeping us a bit cooler. Evening temperatures are somewhere in the low 70s, upper 80s. Areas that are seeing skies clear a bit more are seeing temperatures a few degrees warmer.

A few isolated showers are possible this evening over our far western counties, but the majority of us will stay dry. 

flooding threat

As we go into the later hours of tonight and early Wednesday, we'll begin to see the risk of flash flooding go up. Rain and storms will move in from the northwest and stay around for the better part of tomorrow.

There's currently a Flash Flood Watch issued off to our west and we'll continue to keep an eye on it to see if it is shifted east over us. 

rainfall forecast

Heaviest rainfall amounts are currently over southwest Illinois and southeast Missouri were we could see 2 to 4 inches of rainfall but localized amounts could be 5"+. 

spc

On top of the rain and flooding concern for tomorrow morning, we're also tracking the possibility for severe weather late tomorrow. A Slight (2 out of 5) risk is in place for the northwestern portion of the region with almost everyone else in a Marginal (1 out of 5) risk. There is a small possibility of large hail, strong winds and possibility a brief spin-up tornado. 

rain chances

Tomorrow isn't our only chance for rain this week. Thanks to the heat dome that's settled over Texas, we're on the edge of a ridge. That set up will continue to bring us rain and storm chances through the start of the next work week. 

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Katie Melvin is the Weekend Evening Meteorologist. She's a recent UNC Charlotte graduate where she earned her BS in Meteorology and BA in Mass Media Communication Studies. If you have a weather related story idea, email her at [email protected].

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