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

• THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A Flash Flood Advisory.
  
• * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SOUTHERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
• * UNTIL 500 AM CDT
• * AT 258 AM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED REPEAT HEAVY RAINS DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
• * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DEXTER... NEW MADRID... BERNIE... LILBOURN... PARMA... MATTHEWS... MARSTON... ESSEX... HOWARDVILLE... RISCO... CANALOU... DUDLEY... FARRENBURG... BAKER... TALLAPOOSA... CATRON... PENERMON AND NORTH LILBOURN.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
• MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE... TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.