Winter Storm Warnings
January 22 2026
...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION...
.Snow is expected to begin overnight Saturday night, periods of
sleet will mix in over western Kentucky and far southeast Missouri.
The majority of the event is expected to persist at heavy snow
through Sunday afternoon.
* WHAT...Heavy snow. A band of 8 to 13 inch accumulations across
parts of southern Illinois, southeast Missouri, southwest Indiana
and western Kentucky. 6 to 10 inches in other locations across
southern Illinois and far southwest Kentucky. Periods of heavy
sleet in far southeast Missouri and western Kentucky with freezing
rain mixed in. Some sleet accumulation and up to a light glaze of
freezing rain.
* WHERE...All southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western
Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.
* WHEN...From midnight CST /1 AM EST/ Friday Night to 6 PM CST /7 PM
EST/ Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult and may become impossible
at times. Extreme cold will exacerbate the danger.
* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow
accumulations between 9 and 14 inches and ice accumulations around
two tenths of an inch possible.
* WHERE...Portions of south central Indiana and central Kentucky.
* WHEN...From late Friday night through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible.
