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Monday -  Sunny, with a high near 93. Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.

Tuesday - Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.  Tuesday night A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72.

Stoddard County, Missouri - Excessive Heat Warning remains in effect until 7:00 p.m. this even.

• .. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
• * AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S COMBINED WITH OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 110 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MARION ILLINOIS TO PADUCAH TO MAYFIELD KENTUCKY.
• * A HEAT INDEX OF 110 IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED THE THRESHOLD WHEN HEAT EFFECTS CAN BECOME EXTREME... MAKING HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE A MUCH GREATER CONCERN IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
• AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT... STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. MAKE SURE PETS HAVE PLENTY OF FRESH WATER.
• TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE... RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued an EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING for Stoddard County.

• .. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT TUESDAY...
• * AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S COMBINED WITH OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON... GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO CLINTON KENTUCKY.
• * A HEAT INDEX OF 110 IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED THE THRESHOLD WHEN HEAT EFFECTS CAN BECOME EXTREME... MAKING HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE A MUCH GREATER CONCERN IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
• AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM... STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. MAKE SURE PETS HAVE PLENTY OF FRESH WATER.
• TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE... RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for Heat Index values will be 110 to 115.

• .. HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY...
• * TEMPERATURE... AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON... GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO SHAWNEETOWN ILLINOIS TO MURRAY KENTUCKY.
• * IMPACTS... A HEAT INDEX OF 105 IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED THE THRESHOLD WHERE THE BODY BEGINS TO SUCCUMB TO THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAT... MAKING HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE A GREATER CONCERN IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
• A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED. THIS COMBINATION WILL CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU WORK OR PLAN TO SPEND MUCH TIME OUTSIDE... TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. IF POSSIBLE... STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT... STAY OUT OF THE SUN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
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Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement for Heat Index values will be 100 to 105 this weekend.

• ... HEAT INDEX VALUES 100 TO 105 THIS WEEKEND...
• HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL PEAK FROM 100 TO 105 ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SATURDAY... AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATES 57 AND 24 SUNDAY.
• THIS IS JUST A PRECURSOR TO WHAT IS ON THE WAY. IT WILL BE EVEN HOTTER EARLY NEXT WORK WEEK ACROSS THE REGION WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES TOPPING OUT AT 105 DEGREES AND POSSIBLY HIGHER.
• PLAN ON TAKING THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HEAT IN THE COMING DAYS.

Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service has upgraded the Advisory to a Flash Flood Warning for Stoddard County, Missouri until 5:30 a.m.

• THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
• * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SOUTHERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
• * UNTIL 530 AM CDT
• * AT 304 AM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED REPEAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
• * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SIKESTON... DEXTER... PORTAGEVILLE... NEW MADRID... BERNIE... LILBOURN... CLARKTON... GIDEON... MOREHOUSE... PARMA... MATTHEWS... MARSTON... ESSEX... HOWARDVILLE... RISCO... CANALOU... DUDLEY... FARRENBURG... BAKER AND TALLAPOOSA.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
• MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
• BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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.