...The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Missouri... Blackwater River near Blue Lick affecting Cooper and Saline Counties. ...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Missouri... Petite Saline Creek near Boonville affecting Cooper County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Blackwater River near Blue Lick. * WHEN...From this evening to Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...At 24.0 feet, Cropland and pastures along the river flood. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 9.2 feet. - Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage late this evening to 26.2 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then slowly fall to below flood stage on Saturday morning. - Flood stage is 24.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Cooper County in central Missouri... Southern Howard County in central Missouri... Central Saline County in central Missouri... * WHEN...Until 715 PM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 111 PM CDT, the transportation department reported Route Z was closed in Howard County due to high water. Other rural roads across the warned area likely are flooded as runoff continues from earlier rainfall. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen during the past 6 hours. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Marshall, Boonville, Fayette, Slater, New Franklin, Pilot Grove, Bunceton, Prairie Home, Nelson, Blackwater, Franklin, Wooldridge, Arrow Rock and Lamine. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood