Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT for Stoddard County, Missouri until 5:45 a.m. Tuesday morning.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL 5:45AM CDT TUE

...MORE RAINFALL HEADING INTO THE REGION

... ALTHOUGH THE UPCOMING RAIN EVENT, WHICH WILL START LATE TUESDAY, WILL NOT BE AS SIGNIFICANT AS WHAT WE RECEIVED OVER THE WEEKEND, THERE IS STILL SOME CONCERN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG AN AXIS FROM NEAR ST. LOUIS EASTWARD ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF I-64 ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

THIS UPCOMING EVENT MAY BE MORE OF A FLASH FLOOD AND LESS OF A RIVER ISSUE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

HOWEVER, IT MAY BE AN ISSUE ON THE LARGER STEMS SUCH AS THE MISSISSIPPI. RIVER FORECASTS TOMORROW WILL INCLUDE THE EXPECTED RAINFALL FROM THIS UPCOMING SYSTEM. THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME REVISIONS TO CURRENT AMOUNTS AND LOCATIONS AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT. THE CURRENT DRY PERIOD WILL ALLOW A GREAT DEAL OF RUNOFF TO OCCUR WHICH WILL HELP THE SITUATION.

THE UPCOMING RAINFALL SHOULD ONLY PRODUCE MINOR RISES ON THE BIG MUDDY, SKILLET FORK, LITTLE WABASH, AND WABASH RIVERS. AT SOME LOCATIONS, LIKE MURPHYSBORO, AND POSSIBLY NEAR NEW HARMONY, THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY SLIGHTLY INCREASE THE CREST LEVEL. MAINLY, THIS RAIN SHOULD SLOW THE FALL AND KEEP RIVERS AT A HIGH LEVEL FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

THE SMALLER RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL GENERALLY CREST BEFORE OR DURING THE EVENT AND THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE WELL TO THE NORTH OF THOSE BASINS.

New Madrid County, Missouri - The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF2 tornado touched down near Matthews, Missouri.

It happened around 2:50 a.m. on Sunday, April 30, 2017.  The tornado had peak winds of 125 miles per hour and was on the ground for about 4 miles.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Stoddard County, Missouri.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FROM 6:59AM CDT SUN UNTIL 1PM CDT SUN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... * UNTIL 100 PM CDT SUNDAY

* AT 656 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AND LIKELY WORSEN THROUGH THE MORNING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CAPE GIRARDEAU, POPLAR BLUFF, JACKSON, PERRYVILLE, DEXTER, SCOTT CITY, CHAFFEE, DONIPHAN, PIEDMONT, BLOOMFIELD, MARBLE HILL, ADVANCE, ORAN, BENTON, VAN BUREN, GREENVILLE, WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA, SAM A BAKER STATE PARK, PUXICO AND MORLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS

... TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

Missourians should take these precautions in areas affected by flooding:
• Low water crossings are among the most dangerous spots. Never attempt to cross one that is flooded.
• Never drive past a barricade closing flooded roads. They are there to protect you.
• Never expect barriers to block off flooded low-water crossings, bridges or roads because flash flood waters often rise so quickly authorities do not have time to respond.
• If your vehicle becomes stuck in rising water, get out quickly and move to higher ground because rapidly rising water may engulf the vehicle and sweep it away.
• In the rain, if your wipers are in use your headlights should be on too. It’s the law.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Stoddard County until 2:00 a.m.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FROM 8:02PM CDT SAT UNTIL 2AM CDT SUN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... NORTHERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI

I... * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 800 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CAPE GIRARDEAU, POPLAR BLUFF, JACKSON, SCOTT CITY, CHAFFEE, DONIPHAN, ADVANCE, ORAN, BENTON, WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA, PUXICO, KELSO, BELL CITY, DELTA, GORDONVILLE, EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, WILLIAMSVILLE, DUTCHTOWN, WAPPAPELLO AND BRUSH ARBOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah Kentucky has issued a Special Weather Statement for Stoddard County, Missouri.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL 10:30PM CDT SAT

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH THE EVENING

... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH 1030 PM. AN AREA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DRIFT EAST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH. ADDITIONALLY, FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR MANY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN IN SOME AREAS. WE ARE ALSO WATCHING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH FROM NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN WARNED FOR, FOR STRONG WINDS. AT 826 PM

...RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS ALONG A LINE FROM MCLEANSBORO ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST TO NEAR POPLAR BLUFF AND DONIPHAN IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE STORMS ARE VERY SLOW MOVING, AND IN FACT, HAVE NEARLY STALLED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA WEST OF THE WABASH RIVER, AND NORTH OF A VAN BUREN MISSOURI TO PADUCAH KENTUCKY LINE THROUGH 10 P.M. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch from 7:00 p.m. Friday until 1:00 a.m. Monday.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7PM CDT FRI UNTIL 1AM CDT MON

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT

... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, 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 WESTERN KENTUCKY, BALLARD, CARLISLE, FULTON, HICKMAN, AND MCCRACKEN. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, BOLLINGER, BUTLER, CAPE GIRARDEAU, CARTER, MISSISSIPPI, NEW MADRID, PERRY MO, RIPLEY, SCOTT, STODDARD, AND WAYNE MO. * FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT

* THE WATCH IS GENERALLY IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FULTON, KENTUCKY TO MOUNT CARMEL, ILLINOIS, INCLUDING ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. MUCH OF THIS REGION HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 1.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST 12 TO 18 HOURS.

THOUGH THINGS MAY TEND TO DRY OUT A BIT TODAY AND FRIDAY, NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT, SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING.

THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT DURING THE DAY SATURDAY OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY, SOUTHWEST INDIANA, FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS.

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

* IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING, THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE RISES ON MANY OF THE AREA RIVERS, PARTICULARLY THE SMALLER RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SUCH AS THE SAINT FRANCIS, BLACK, AND CURRENT. 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.