080  
WGUS83 KPAH 180106  
FLSPAH  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
806 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MISSOURI...KENTUCKY...  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT NEW MADRID AND NEAR HICKMAN.  
 
.THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER REMAINS IN FLOOD BETWEEN HICKMAN AND NEW  
MADRID.  
 
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...INCLUDING HICKMAN, NEW MADRID...MINOR UP  
TO MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
KYC075-MOC133-143-190315-  
/O.CON.KPAH.FL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-250423T1240Z/  
/NMDM7.1.ER.250407T0326Z.250413T2200Z.250423T0640Z.NO/  
806 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT NEW MADRID.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 38.0 FEET, HEAVY AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE BEGINS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:00 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 39.4 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS CRESTING THIS EVENING AT 39.4 FEET.  
IT WILL BEGIN FALLING FRIDAY, AND IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3662 8962 3670 8935 3654 8935 3650 8935  
3648 8935 3648 8964  
 

 
 
KYC075-190315-  
/O.CON.KPAH.FL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-250424T1500Z/  
/HKMK2.3.ER.250405T1734Z.250413T0200Z.250424T0900Z.UU/  
806 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY, APRIL 24
 
 
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HICKMAN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY, APRIL 24.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:00 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 44.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 45.0  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY, APRIL 24.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 34.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3669 8935 3671 8929 3664 8908 3654 8918  
3654 8935  
 

 
 
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