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

.. TWO TO THREE ROUNDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY BY TUESDAY NIGHT...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM DEXTER TO MARBLE HILL. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF OUR REGION.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI TODAY... AND THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION TONIGHT. ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA... THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WITH LARGE HAIL... DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS... AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

AFTER A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY EARLY MONDAY... ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. THIS ROUND OF STORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL... AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.

A THIRD ROUND OF STORMS IS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY... HOWEVER THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK TUESDAY APPEARS TO BE RELATIVELY LOW COMPARED TO THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS.

EACH ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... WHICH MAY EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SOME FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE ROUND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN.

NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER ACTION PLANS. MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE READY TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PLANS.