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.