Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning until 4:45 a.m. for Stoddard County, Missouri.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FROM 10:52PM CDT THU UNTIL 4:45AM CDT FRI THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... * UNTIL 445 AM CDT * AT 1048 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES FROM NEAR AND INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO IN SOME LOCATIONS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CAPE GIRARDEAU, SIKESTON, DEXTER, SCOTT CITY, CHAFFEE, BERNIE, BLOOMFIELD, ADVANCE, ORAN, MINER, BENTON, MOREHOUSE, PUXICO, MORLEY, KELSO, ESSEX, BELL CITY, DUDLEY, HAYWOOD CITY AND HAY-WOOD CITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.