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

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FROM 8:48PM CDT WED UNTIL 11:45PM CDT WED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 8:35 PM CDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 80 WEST OF EAST PRAIRIE, MO NEAR INTERSTATE 55. RADAR ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL RANGES FROM JUST UNDER 2 INCHES, UP TO BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF BUTLER AND STODDARD COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 20. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.