There are currently no active warnings or advisories for Poplar Bluff, Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport, .
Hazardous Weather Outlook
434 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NEAR RECORD HEAT WILL CONTINUE ONE MORE DAY. AGAIN...TEMPERATURES
WILL CLIMB QUICKLY INTO THE 90S BY LATE MORNING...AND THEN TOP OUT
IN THE MID 90S DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX
VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN VERY CLOSE TO ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TONIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM.
IN ADDITION...MODERATE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE
OVER MOST OF THE REGION. CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION IF YOU PLAN ANY
OUTDOOR BURNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST
OF THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING...THEN OVER MAINLY THE SOUTHERN
PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS A COLD
FRONT PASSES THROUGH. AGAIN...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH
THIS SYSTEM.
A BETTER CHANCE FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST
FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS.
THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXISTS
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS IN THE EVENT
THEIR ACTIVATION BECOMES NECESSARY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
Special Weather Statement
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-282100-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
404 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
...NEAR RECORD HEAT CONTINUES ONE MORE DAY...
THE HOT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND CONTINUES...WITH RECORD OR NEAR RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S. DUE TO SOMEWHAT LOWER HUMIDITY...
HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD STAY CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES...
GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S.
FOLLOW THE BASIC RULES OF HEAT SAFETY TO KEEP FROM BECOMING
OVERHEATED AND DEHYDRATED. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...WEAR LIGHT
COLORED...LIGHT WEIGHT CLOTHING...AND AVOID STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES
DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND BE
SURE TO PUT ON A HIGH SPF SUNSCREEN TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR
SUNBURN. MAKE SURE PETS HAVE PLENTY OF FRESH WATER.
IN ADDITION...WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN
PLACE...THE RISK OF WILDFIRES REMAINS SOMEWHAT ELEVATED. EXERCISE
CAUTION WITH ANY OUTDOOR BURNING.
There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Poplar Bluff, Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport, .
Mostly Cloudy
