Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Stoddard County, Missouri.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FROM 6:59AM CDT SUN UNTIL 1PM CDT SUN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... * UNTIL 100 PM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 656 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AND LIKELY WORSEN THROUGH THE MORNING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CAPE GIRARDEAU, POPLAR BLUFF, JACKSON, PERRYVILLE, DEXTER, SCOTT CITY, CHAFFEE, DONIPHAN, PIEDMONT, BLOOMFIELD, MARBLE HILL, ADVANCE, ORAN, BENTON, VAN BUREN, GREENVILLE, WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA, SAM A BAKER STATE PARK, PUXICO AND MORLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
... TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
