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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1207 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024

...The National Weather Service in Paducah KY has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Missouri...Illinois...

  Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau affecting Cape Girardeau,
  Scott, Perry, Alexander, Jackson and Union Counties.

For the Mississippi River...including Cape Girardeau...Minor
flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

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1207 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO LATE SUNDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau.

* WHEN...From late Tuesday night to late Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 32.0 feet, Minor flooding occurs.  The Mississippi
  River backs into several creeks producing flooding.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 12:00 PM CDT Monday the stage was 30.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early Wednesday morning to a crest of 33.0 feet Thursday
    evening. It will then fall below flood stage early Sunday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 32.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    33.0 feet on 02/10/2019.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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