Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Flood Watch in effect from Thursday Evening through Saturday morning for Stoddard County, Missouri.

• THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
• * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHWEST INDIANA... WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... ALEXANDER... EDWARDS... FRANKLIN... GALLATIN... HAMILTON... HARDIN... JACKSON... JEFFERSON... JOHNSON... MASSAC... PERRY IL... POPE... PULASKI... SALINE... UNION IL... WABASH... WAYNE IL... WHITE AND WILLIAMSON. IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... GIBSON... PIKE... POSEY... SPENCER... VANDERBURGH AND WARRICK. IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... BALLARD... CALDWELL... CALLOWAY... CARLISLE... CHRISTIAN... CRITTENDEN... DAVIESS... FULTON... GRAVES... HENDERSON... HICKMAN... HOPKINS... LIVINGSTON... LYON... MARSHALL... MCCRACKEN... MCLEAN... MUHLENBERG... TODD... TRIGG... UNION KY AND WEBSTER. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... BOLLINGER... BUTLER... CAPE GIRARDEAU... CARTER... MISSISSIPPI... NEW MADRID... PERRY MO... RIPLEY... SCOTT... STODDARD AND WAYNE MO.
• * FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
• * AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE QUAD STATE REGION LATE THIS WEEK AS A NEARLY STATIONARY PATTERN DEVELOPS OVER THE REGION. WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE SATURDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT... AS THIS SYSTEM WILL BE LADEN WITH MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.
• * PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. THIS RAINFALL WILL ALSO LIKELY AGGRAVATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE REGION.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
• A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.