Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has extended the Flood Warning for Stoddard County, Missouri.

FLOOD WARNING FROM 1:49PM CST MON UNTIL 10:45PM CST MON

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... FULTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... * UNTIL 1045 PM CST MONDAY. *

AT 146 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE FLOODING. WITH UP TO 3 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN HAVING ALREADY FALLEN, AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED, FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL ONLY BE GETTING WORSE.

THESE ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL BE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS, SWOLLEN CREEKS, STREAMS, AND RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

POPLAR BLUFF, SIKESTON, DEXTER, CHARLESTON, SCOTT CITY, PORTAGEVILLE, EAST PRAIRIE, NEW MADRID, CHAFFEE, CAIRO, FULTON, HICKMAN, BERNIE, BLOOMFIELD, CLINTON, ADVANCE, ORAN, LILBOURN, LA CENTER AND MINER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.