Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Paducah, KY

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
922 AM CST Tue Nov 5 2024

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

  Current River at Van Buren affecting Carter County.

For the Current River...including Van Buren, Doniphan...Major
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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MOC035-061730-
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/VNBM7.3.ER.241106T1006Z.241107T0000Z.241107T1726Z.NO/
922 AM CST Tue Nov 5 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Major flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Current River at Van Buren.

* WHEN...From late tonight to Thursday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 29.0 feet, Large amounts of property damage can be
  expected.  Evacuation of many homes and businesses becomes
  necessary.  The courthouse yard floods.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:30 AM CST Tuesday the stage was 14.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late tonight to a crest of 30.0 feet tomorrow evening. It
    will then fall below flood stage late Thursday morning.
  - Flood stage is 20.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    29.0 feet on 03/26/1904.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3709 9111 3710 9100 3693 9088 3682 9088
      3682 9098 3695 9101


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KC