703  
WGUS83 KPAH 102139  
FLSPAH  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
439 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MISSOURI...  
 
ST. FRANCIS RIVER NEAR PATTERSON.  
 
.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED A RAPID RISE ON THE ST. FRANCIS  
RIVER AT PATTERSON. THE RIVER WILL CREST JUST BELOW MODERATE FLOOD  
STAGE THIS EVENING AND THEN FALL BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW  
EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE REGION TONIGHT COULD LEAD  
TO A SECOND, POSSIBLY HIGHER CREST THIS WEEKEND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS  
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
 
 
MOC223-120945-  
/O.EXT.KPAH.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-260712T1017Z/  
/PAZM7.1.ER.260710T1402Z.260711T0000Z.260712T0417Z.NO/  
439 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...ST. FRANCIS RIVER NEAR PATTERSON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.4 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 24.9 FEET  
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3732 9050 3732 9041 3717 9046 3703 9037  
3699 9042 3714 9054  
 
 
 
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