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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1257 PM CST TUE JAN 23 2024
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UNION-JOHNSON-POPE-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-HICKMAN-
CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-
BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-
SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SMITHLAND, PADUCAH, MOUND CITY, BENTON,
PIEDMONT, JACKSON, BARDWELL, MARBLE HILL, CAPE GIRARDEAU,
HICKMAN, CAIRO, DONIPHAN, MURRAY, VAN BUREN, GOLCONDA, VIENNA,
MAYFIELD, JONESBORO, POPLAR BLUFF, SIKESTON, WICKLIFFE,
BLOOMFIELD, CHARLESTON, NEW MADRID, CLINTON, AND METROPOLIS
1257 PM CST TUE JAN 23 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, ALEXANDER, JOHNSON, MASSAC, POPE, PULASKI AND UNION,
WESTERN KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, BALLARD,
CALLOWAY, CARLISLE, FULTON, GRAVES, HICKMAN, LIVINGSTON, MARSHALL
AND MCCRACKEN, AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, BOLLINGER, BUTLER, CAPE GIRARDEAU, CARTER, MISSISSIPPI, NEW
MADRID, RIPLEY, SCOTT, STODDARD AND WAYNE MO.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AFTER RECEIVING AROUND 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN MONDAY
NIGHT, ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNT POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. WITH THE GROUND STILL FROZEN FROM
THE RECENT COLD WAVE, EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY AND WILL CAUSE SCATTERED FLOODING ISSUES TO DEVELOP IN
THE FLOOD WATCH AREA.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
DWS
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