...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS INILLINOIS...KENTUCKY...MISSOURI...OHIO RIVER AT SHAWNEETOWN, PADUCAH, OLMSTED LOCK AND DAM AND CAIRO.THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL, DROPPING BELOW FLOOD STAGE ATSHAWNEETOWN AND PADUCAH LATE THIS WEEK, AND AT OLMSTED AND CAIRO EARLYNEXT WEEK.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODEDAREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. NEVER ALLOWCHILDREN TO PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOOD WATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHERRADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE UPDATEDFORECASTS.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ATHTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=PAH /LOWER CASE/&&THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FORTHE OHIO RIVER AT PADUCAH* UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.* AT 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 39.9 FEET.* FLOOD STAGE IS 39.0 FEET.* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BYFRIDAY MORNING.* IMPACT...AT 39.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OCCURS AFFECTING MAINLYBOTTOMLAND AND SURROUNDING LOW LYING AREAS.&& ...VERY LIGHT WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX REMAINS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE QUADSTATE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING.TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S THROUGH 9 AMCST, AS POCKETS OF PRECIPITATION SLOWLY MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST.AT THIS TIME, ANY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW, SLEET, OR FREEZING RAINARE EXPECTED TO BE EXTREMELY ISOLATED AND SHOULD NOT POSE ASIGNIFICANT TRAVEL CONCERN.REGARDLESS, DRIVERS SHOULD STILL BE WATCHFUL FOR ANY SLICK SPOTSON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES, SUCH AS BRIDGES, THROUGH THE MORNINGCOMMUTE.THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEEING ANY WINTRY MIX WILL BE ALONG AND WESTOF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, AND IN SOUTHERNILLINOIS, ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 57.ACCORDING TO THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SOME ROADSOVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WERE PARTIALLY COVERED WITH AWINTRY MIX OVERNIGHT. DRIVERS HEADING OUT THIS MORNING INSOUTHEAST MISSOURI SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TOREACH THEIR DESTINATION.TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WARM AS THE MORNINGPROGRESSES, SO ANY WINTRY MIX SHOULD TURN BACK TO RAIN BY THEMIDDLE OF THE MORNING, LESSENING ANY FURTHER TRAVEL CONCERNS.

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