Mississippi

The Flood Warning continues for the Ohio River at Cairo.
* Until Tuesday evening.
* At 8 PM Friday the stage was 46.5 feet.
* Flood stage is 40.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river will fall to below flood stage by
Tuesday afternoon.

833 PM CDT Fri may 17 2013

The Flood Warning continues for the Mississippi River at New Madrid.
* Until Saturday evening.
* At 8 PM Friday the stage was 35.6 feet.
* Flood stage is 34.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river will fall to below flood stage by
Saturday afternoon.
* Impact... at 34.0 feet... minor flooding occurs affecting mainly
bottomland and surrounding low lying areas.

... Dense fog advisory in effect until 9 am CDT this morning...

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a dense fog
advisory... which is in effect until 9 am CDT this morning.

* Dense fog has already formed in southeast Missouri and will
spread eastward to the Mississippi River counties of southwest
Illinois and southwest Kentucky early this morning.

* Visibility: the fog will reduce visibilities down to a quarter
mile or less over the advisory area.

* Impacts: dense fog will make air..maritime... and vehicular
travel difficult through the early morning hours due to reduced
visibility.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A dense fog advisory means visibilities will frequently be
reduced to less than one quarter mile. If driving... slow down...
use your headlights... and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.