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

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FROM 3:22PM CDT THU UNTIL 6:15PM CDT THU

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... NORTHERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SOUTHERN BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI..

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 320 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2.5 TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR OVER SCOTT COUNTY.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CAPE GIRARDEAU...SCOTT CITY...CHAFFEE...MARBLE HILL...ADVANCE... ORAN...BENTON...WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA...PUXICO...MORLEY...KELSO... BELL CITY...DELTA...GORDONVILLE...HAYWOOD CITY...DUTCHTOWN... HAY-WOOD CITY...SHOOK...GRASSY AND WAPPAPELLO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY