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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

.Scattered to numerous slow-moving thunderstorms will develop
through the day. These storms will produce torrential downpours
which will overwhelm drainage systems and small creeks, leading to
areas of flash flooding.

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Areas of southern Illinois along and south of Highway 13
and all of western Kentucky.

* WHEN...From 10 AM CDT this morning through 12 AM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across
southern Illinois and western Kentucky from late this morning
through late tonight. Areas that see thunderstorms could
receive 1.5 to 3.0 inches of rain in just one or two hours,
with locally higher amounts up to 4 inches possible.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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Body of missing boater recovered

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CALLOWAY COUNTY, Ky. (WSIL) � Search and rescue crews recovered a body after searching for a missing boater this weekend.

The Calloway County Fire Rescue stated the body was found at 2 p.m. on June 15, in the Kentucky Lake area.

Multiple local and state agencies resumed the search for a missing boater at 8 a.m. on Sunday. Fire officials said the missing boater was reported to have fallen overboard in the morning hours on June 14.

The Calloway County 911 Communications Center received a call on Sunday afternoon from a fisherman who reported seeing a body in the water near the area of Blood River.

Multiple local agencies responded to investigate and secured the area.

Fire officials said the body was discovered and identified as 51-year-old Steve Simpkins.

The body of Simpkins was then released to the Calloway County Coroner Ricky Garland.

“Our department extends our heartfelt condolences to the family & loved ones of Mr. Simpkins. While this is not the outcome any of us hoped for, we are grateful to have been able to bring some measure of closure to his family,� the Calloway County Fire Rescue stated.

Assisting the Calloway County Fire Rescue was Calloway County 911 Communications Center, Marshall County Rescue Squad, McCracken County Rescue Squad, Graves County Fire-Rescue, Calloway County Emergency Management, McCracken County Emergency Management, Graves County Emergency Management, Marshall County Emergency Management, Kentucky Emergency Management � Area 1, Calloway County Sheriff’s Office, Murray-Calloway County EMS, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife and the Calloway County Coroner.

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