Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued March 5 at 2:42AM CST until March 5 at 7:00AM CST by NWS Paducah KY
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 5, 2026 - 12:42am
Expires:
March 5, 2026 - 5:00am
Description:
FFWPAH
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Bollinger County in southeastern Missouri...
Northwestern Cape Girardeau County in southeastern Missouri...
Perry County in southeastern Missouri...
* Until 700 AM CST.
* At 242 AM CST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is
1 to 1.5 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing
or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Perryville, Alliance, Daisy, Patton, Oak Ridge, Sedgewickville,
Longtown, Old Appleton and Silver Lake.
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Area Description:
Bollinger, MO; Cape Girardeau, MO; Perry, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Paducah KY
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov