Heat Advisory Extended Through Sunday Evening for Fulton, Carter, Ripley and Other Southeast Missouri Counties
The National Weather Service has extended a Heat Advisory for six southeast Missouri counties, including Fulton, Carter, and Ripley, through 8 p.m. Sunday.
4 reports on this incident · first at Sep 5, 2026, 1:41 p.m. ET
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Sep 5, 2026, 2:24 p.m. ET
Heat Advisory Issued for Six Southeast Missouri Counties
The National Weather Service Paducah KY has issued a Heat Advisory for Fulton, Carter, Ripley, Butler, Stoddard, and New Madrid Counties, effective from 8 PM CDT Saturday, September 5, 2026, to 8 PM CDT Sunday, September 6, 2026. The advisory warns of heat index values up to 105 expected.
Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. Officials advise drinking plenty of fluids, staying in an air-conditioned room, staying out of the sun, and checking on relatives and neighbors. They recommend wearing lightweight and loose fitting clothing and limiting strenuous activities to early morning or evening.
The advisory covers cities including Hickman, New Madrid, Bloomfield, Poplar Bluff, Van Buren, and Doniphan.
The advisory is in effect until 8 PM CDT Sunday, September 6, 2026.
Sep 5, 2026, 1:53 p.m. ET
Heat Advisory Issued for Southeast Missouri Counties as Heat Index Expected to Reach 105
The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, has issued a Heat Advisory for parts of southeast Missouri, warning that heat index values up to 105 are expected. The advisory is in effect from 8 PM CDT Saturday until 8 PM CDT Sunday, September 6, 2026.
The advisory covers Fulton County in Kentucky and Butler, Carter, New Madrid, Ripley, and Stoddard Counties in Missouri. According to the Weather Service, hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses, and impacts include a significant increase in heat-related illnesses during extreme heat and high humidity events.
The Weather Service advises drinking plenty of fluids, staying in an air-conditioned room, staying out of the sun, and checking on relatives and neighbors. It also recommends wearing lightweight and loose-fitting clothing, limiting strenuous activities to early morning or evening, and taking action if symptoms of heat exhaustion or heat stroke appear.
Sep 5, 2026, 1:41 p.m. ETFirst report
Heat Advisory Issued for Fulton, Carter, Ripley and Other Southeast Missouri Counties
The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, has issued a Heat Advisory for parts of southeast Missouri and western Kentucky, in effect from 8 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 5, until 8 p.m. CDT Sunday, September 6. The advisory covers Fulton County in Kentucky, and Butler, Carter, New Madrid, Ripley, and Stoddard counties in Missouri, including the cities of Hickman, New Madrid, Bloomfield, Poplar Bluff, Van Buren, and Doniphan.
Heat index values up to 105 are expected. According to the advisory, hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. The advisory urges residents to drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check on relatives and neighbors. It recommends wearing lightweight and loose-fitting clothing, limiting strenuous activities to early morning or evening, and taking action when symptoms of heat exhaustion or heat stroke appear.
The advisory is separate from an Extreme Heat Warning that remains in effect until 8 p.m. CDT Saturday for all of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri, where dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110 are expected.
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