027
WGUS43 KPAH 301439
FLWPAH

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
939 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

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

  Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau.

.Recent heavy rainfall will cause the Mississippi River at Cape
Girardeau to rise above flood stage later this week.

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.

&&

ILC003-077-181-MOC031-157-201-011645-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FL.W.0015.240503T0200Z-240507T0143Z/
/CPGM7.1.ER.240503T0200Z.240504T1800Z.240506T1942Z.NO/
939 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau.

* WHEN...From Thursday evening to Monday evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:30 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 24.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late Thursday evening to a crest of 34.0 feet early Saturday
    afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early next
    Monday afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 32.0 feet.


&&

LAT...LON 3769 8959 3769 8935 3744 8934 3725 8941
      3723 8959 3732 8963


$$

07