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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Paducah KY
217 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024

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/O.CON.KPAH.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-240518T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Union-Johnson-Pope-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Fulton-Hickman-
Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-
Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
Including the cities of Murray, Clinton, Jonesboro, Metropolis,
Wickliffe, Poplar Bluff, Smithland, Hickman, Golconda, Paducah,
New Madrid, Cairo, Charleston, Bardwell, Sikeston, Bloomfield,
Mound City, Vienna, Mayfield, Benton, and Doniphan
217 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
  possible.

* WHERE...Portions of southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and
  southeast Missouri.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - Areas of moderate to heavy rain will expand east from
    southeast Missouri into southern Illinois and far western
    Kentucky through this morning. Training showers and storms
    will result in rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hours
    locally, and flash flooding may develop where this heavy rain
    occurs.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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DWS