Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
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... FRANKLIN... JACKSON... JEFFERSON... JOHNSON... MASSAC... PERRY IL... PULASKI... UNION IL AND WILLIAMSON. IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... BALLARD... CALLOWAY... CARLISLE... FULTON... GRAVES... HICKMAN... MARSHALL AND MCCRACKEN. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... BOLLINGER... BUTLER... CAPE GIRARDEAU... CARTER... MISSISSIPPI... NEW MADRID... PERRY MO... RIPLEY... SCOTT... STODDARD AND WAYNE MO.
* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
* INCOMING HEAVY RAINS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. WITH THE DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET TONIGHT... SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD END UP REPEATING OVER THE SAME AREAS... MAKING POSSIBLE FOR HIGHER LOCALIZED TOTALS TO 3 INCHES OR MORE. THE LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS 3 INCH OR HIGHER TOTALS MAY CAUSE FLOODING.
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.
