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

... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM O TO -10 THIS MORNING...

... WINTER WEATHER EVENT LOOKING MORE LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THOSE HEADING OUT AND ABOUT EARLY TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY COLD CONDITIONS. WIND CHILL READS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 0 AND 10 BELOW THROUGH 9 OR 10 AM.

LOOKING AHEAD... LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY AND THEN MOVE EAST INTO EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WESTERN TENNESSEE BY NOON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION LATER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE NEAR THE SURFACE... IT IS LOOKING LIKE MANY AREAS MAY BE DEALING WITH WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS COME SUNRISE WEDNESDAY.

WARMER AIR WILL BE WORKING IN ALOFT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE REGION. THIS COULD LEAD TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... MAINLY DOWN ALONG THE ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE BORDERS. SNOW COULD TRANSITION OVER TO A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION IN THE PADUCAH AND CAPE GIRARDEAU AREAS. ALL SNOW IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... WHERE THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.

THERE STILL REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM... AND HENCE EXACTLY WHERE TRANSITION LINES FROM SNOW TO SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY EVEN PLAIN RAIN WILL OCCUR. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES AS THE EVENT NEARS.

AT 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.0 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET. * FORECAST... THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. * IMPACT... AT 20.0 FEET... CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OCCURS.

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

... TURN AROUND DONT DROWN...

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS LEFT THE QUAD STATE REGION... THE DANGERS OF FLOODING STILL REMAIN IN AND NEAR MAJOR RIVER SYSTEMS IN OUR AREA. DONT BECOME A FLOOD STATISTIC... KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FROM HARMS WAY NEAR FLOOD WATERS.

THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN... SNOW AND ICE THAT FELL ACROSS THE MIDWEST THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS IS DRAINING FROM CREEKS AND STREAMS INTO MAJOR RIVERS ACROSS OUR AREA. AS THESE LARGER RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE... SOME TO NEAR RECORD LEVELS... THE WATER WILL BACK UP INTO SMALL RIVERS THAT FEED INTO THEM.

IF YOUR TRAVELS TAKE YOU ACROSS BRIDGES OR ROADS THAT ARE PRONE TO RIVER FLOODING... PLEASE KEEP POSTED ON ANY ROAD CLOSURES ALONG YOUR ROUTE. MAKE PLANS TO USE ALTERNATE ROUTES TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION UNTIL THE FLOOD THREAT HAS LEFT THE AREA.

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL HIGHWAY OR ROAD DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHERE ROADS ARE CLOSED IN YOUR AREA.

DO NOT DRIVE AROUND ANY POSTED BARRICADES... YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELF... YOUR FAMILY... AND EMERGENCY WORKERS WHO MAY HAVE TO RESCUE YOU IN GRAVE DANGER. THE BARRICADES ARE THERE FOR YOUR SAFETY... DONT IGNORE THEM.

THE BEST ADVICE IS TO TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. WHETHER THE WATER OVER THE ROAD IS OR IS NOT MOVING... THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT AND COULD ALLOW YOUR CAR TO SINK IN THE WATER.

THESE FLOOD WATERS WILL EVENTUALLY RECEDE IN EARLY JANUARY. IN THE MEANTIME... AVOID FLOODED ROADS AT ALL COSTS... YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service issued a Flood Warning for the St. Francis River at Fisk.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH, KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ST. FRANCIS RIVER AT FISK. * FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 6 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST... RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY MORNING AND CREST NEAR 21.1 FEET FRIDAY, JANUARY 8TH. * IMPACT... AT 20.0 FEET... CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OCCURS