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Flash Flood Watch Issued for Stoddard County
August 13th 2016 by Dee Loflin
Flash Flood Watch Issued for Stoddard County

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Flash Flood Watch!

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7AM CDT SAT UNTIL 7AM CDT MON

... FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHWEST INDIANA... WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... ALEXANDER... EDWARDS... FRANKLIN... GALLATIN... HAMILTON... HARDIN... JACKSON... JEFFERSON... JOHNSON... MASSAC... PERRY IL... POPE... PULASKI... SALINE... UNION... WABASH... WAYNE IL... WHITE AND WILLIAMSON. IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... GIBSON... PIKE... POSEY... SPENCER... VANDERBURGH AND WARRICK. IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... BALLARD... CARLISLE... CRITTENDEN... DAVIESS... HENDERSON... LIVINGSTON... MCCRACKEN... UNION KY AND WEBSTER. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... BOLLINGER... BUTLER... CAPE GIRARDEAU... CARTER... MISSISSIPPI... NEW MADRID... PERRY MO... RIPLEY... SCOTT... STODDARD AND WAYNE MO.

* FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* WAVES OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND ALONG A STALLED OUT COLD FRONT OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER OHIO VALLEY REGION. OFF AND ON RAINS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL PICK UP IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERALL FROM SATURDAY THOUGH MONDAY MORNING... ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH HIGHLY EFFICIENT RAINFALL RATES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO FACE FLOODED ROADWAYS... CREEKS... AND STREAMS THIS WEEKEND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. IN ADDITION... THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY END UP CAUSING FLOODING OF LARGER RIVERS WITH TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.




Last Updated on August 13th 2016 by Dee Loflin




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