FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO GO INTO EFFECT TONIGHT IN POPLAR BLUFFMore rain will be hitting Southeast Missouri tonight and throughout the weekend and weather officials say that we could be looking at possible flooding.
KWOC News spoke with Rick Shanklin, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, who says there is possibility of severe weather in addition to the flooding.
Rick Shanklin:
We have two major weather systems affecting Southeast Missouri this weekend. The first being tonight and into Saturday morning and the second being Sunday and Sunday evening. With the system moving in tonight we do have an enhanced risk or a level three risk of severe weather including the possibility of damaging thunderstorm winds, large hail, and even tornadoes. We expect the thunderstorms mainly to be scattered, widely scattered even, this afternoon, if they do develop at all this afternoon or early evening. However if we do see thunder storms develop they certainly could become severe given the level of instability across Southeast Missouri. We have again a second threat of severe thunderstorms for Sunday and Sunday evening. We're still taking a look at that to see how great that threat is, but certainly that threat is there as well. And in addition we have of course the heavy rain and the flooding potential for this weekend. We’re forecasting a total of around 6 or 7 inches of rain across Southeast Missouri and that's certainly could lead to some problems, both flash flooding and eventually even some flooding of some of the rivers across Southeast Missouri and that's why we have a flash flood watch in effect from this evening through Sunday night.
According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, Route N in Butler County, Route Y and Route M in Carter County, Route KK in Wayne County, and Route H in Bollinger County are all closed this morning due to flooding.
TEENAGER SERIOULSY INJURED IN SINGLE VEHICLE WRECK SOUTH OF DEXTER A Bernie teenager has been taken to an area hospital following a single vehicle wreck Wednesday night.
According to the Highway Patrol, the sixteen year old was driving on Missouri Highway 25, around three miles south of Dexter, when his vehicle hydroplaned while attempting to pass another vehicle.
The teen’s vehicle then ran into a ditch and overturned.
The teen was taken to a Dexter hospital with serious injuries.
TEENAGER SERIOUSLY INJURED IN SINGLE VEHICLE WRECK SOUTH OF DEXTER A Bernie teenager has been taken to an area hospital following a single vehicle wreck Wednesday night.
According to the Highway Patrol, the sixteen year old was driving on Missouri Highway 25, around three miles south of Dexter, when his vehicle hydroplaned while attempting to pass another vehicle.
The teen’s vehicle then ran into a ditch and overturned.
The teen was taken to a Dexter hospital with serious injuries.
POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT WARNS OF EMAIL SCAM The Poplar Bluff Police Department says that they have been receiving reports of an email scam.
According to officials, the scam works by the recipient receiving an email message that appears to be a shipping notification. It says that the postal service has been unable to deliver a package. In order to claim it, the recipient needs to download the attached confirmation form and take it to your local post office.
This is a scam and the file that’s downloaded is actually a virus. Typically, these viruses phish for personal and banking information on your machine.
POPLAR BLUFF SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THAT GRIEF COUNSELORS ARE AVAILABLE FOLLOWING STUDENT’S DEATH A Poplar Bluff High School student reportedly died earlier this week.
Poplar Bluff R-1 Superintendent, Scott Dill, has spoken with KWOC News and says that grief counselors are available for students.
Scott Dill:
Late Wednesday evening we were notified that one of our students had been involved in a situation resulting in loss of life. At this time it is alleged that the student took his own life. Obviously whenever we lose a member of our school family, it's a tragic situation for everyone involved. Our hearts go out to the friends and family of those impacted but to be perfectly honest there's not a student or teacher at that facility that hasn't been impacted by this and so we do have our grief counselors available today to assist as needed. One of our goals is to help the students work through this process. We do that by assisting on an individual basis. Also just by providing as normal a day as we can for the kids. It is tragic and it is disruptive and it changes our world but our kids need to know that it's all right to mourn, it's okay to be sad, and but if we need to get back on track our lives have to go on. We recognize that in our modern society our kids are under tremendous pressures and the greatest asset that any of our kids have are the healthy relationships they have with the adults in their lives. We don't know enough about this situation to comment about what happened at this point and we don't know if there were warning signs we just don't know. But my advice for everybody is to hold your kids a little tighter and be involved in their lives that's the best we can do by our kids.
ONE DEAD, ANOTHER INJURED FOLLOWING WRECK IN PEMISCOT COUNTY A Festus woman has died following a pile up wreck in Pemiscot County.
Officials with the Missouri State Highway Patrol tell KWOC News that the wreck occurred at around 12:30 pm Thursday on Interstate 55. A vehicle was stopped in traffic when it was hit from behind by another vehicle and pushed into a third vehicle.
Both the driver and the passenger of the 1st vehicle were flown Memphis hospitals. The passenger, 56 year old Sonya Cherry, has been pronounced dead. The driver, 31 year old Allison Venuto, of Pevely, suffered serious injuries.
TWO ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE Two people have been taken into custody in Stoddard County on a controlled substance charge.
Officials with the Stoddard County Sheriff’s Department tell KWOC News that 67 year old David Moore and 41 year old Douglas Northington, both of Dexter, were recently arrested on a charge of delivery of a controlled substance.
Bond for each man was set at $12,500, cash only.
KENNETT WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING FOUND IN POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE A Kennett woman is facing charges after allegedly being found in possession of methamphetamine earlier this week.
According to the Kennett Police Department, On Wednesday, officers were dispatched to North Everett Street to check on several suspicious people in a condemned house.
When they arrived, the officers located a male and a female coming from behind the structure. While searching the female, officers found several syringes that contained a liquid that tested positive for methamphetamine.
41 year old Charity Pool was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and was held at the Dunklin County Jail.
POPLAR BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HONORED BY STATE OFFICIALS A Poplar Bluff High School senior was among 15 students to receive the Missouri Award for Outstanding Achievement in Citizenship last week in Jefferson City.
Hamiz Mirza received the honor, which is based on academic achievement, participation in extracurricular activities and service to the community.
Poplar Bluff R-I Superintendent Scott Dill and teacher Mitch Davis also presented Mirza with resolutions from the Missouri House of Representatives and Senate signed by Speaker Todd Richardson and Senator Doug Libla, respectively at a school board meeting last week.
