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

• .. FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
• THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
• * PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO GREENVILLE KENTUCKY INCLUDING PADUCAH... CAPE GIRARDEAU... POPLAR BLUFF... MURRAY AND HOPKINSVILLE.
• * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
• * RAINS WILL TOTAL 2 TO 3 INCHES ON AVERAGE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE BROAD AND UNIFORM RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LEAD TO AREAL FLOODING. WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR AND REPEAT OVER THE SAME AREAS... LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES ARE A POSSIBILITY. THIS MAY CAUSE FLASH 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.