FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
829 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

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…FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
OVERNIGHT …

.A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS LATE
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT…WITH INTENSE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. IF THESE STORMS TRACK ACROSS THE SAME
AREAS…FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME A PROBLEM. THIS IS ESPECIALLY
TRUE IN URBAN AREAS AND FOR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FORT SCOTT…PAWNEE STATION…
CHICOPEE…LONE OAK…PITTSBURG…BAXTER SPRINGS…LOWELL…
RIVERTON…COLUMBUS…NEUTRAL…SHERWIN…STIPPVILLE…WARSAW…
WHITAKERVILLE…COLE CAMP…CROCKERVILLE…MORA…EDMONSON…
LINCOLN…VERSAILLES…ROCKY MOUNT…STOVER…LAURIE…
AURORA SPRINGS…ELDON…LAKE OZARK…VICHY…NEVADA…TIFFIN…
APPLETON CITY…JOHNSON CITY…WEAUBLEAU…HERMITAGE…QUINCY…
WHEATLAND…CROSS TIMBERS…OSAGE BEACH…CAMDENTON…
DECATURVILLE…ROACH…VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS…
FORT LEONARD WOOD…LAQUEY…WAYNESVILLE…NORTHWYE…ROLLA…
KENOMA…LAMAR…CEDAR SPRINGS…EL DORADO SPRINGS…FILLEY…
ARNICA…CAPLINGER MILLS…STOCKTON…BOLIVAR…BUFFALO…
CHARITY…FOOSE…MARCH…PLAD…WINDYVILLE…OLIVE…LYNCHBURG…
LEBANON…PLATO…ROBY…BENDAVIS…HUGGINS…LAKE SPRING…
BANGERT…DARIEN…GLADDEN…HOWES…JADWIN…SALEM…JOPLIN…
CARTHAGE…GREENFIELD…LOCKWOOD…MEINERT…SPRINGFIELD…
MARSHFIELD…NORTHVIEW…SEYMOUR…ROGERSVILLE…DAWSON…GRAFF…
MOUNTAIN GROVE…DUNCAN…MANSFIELD…NEOSHO…AURORA…
MOUNT VERNON…MARIONVILLE
829 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
MISSOURI…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN SOUTHEAST
KANSAS…BOURBON…CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI…
BARTON…BENTON…CAMDEN…CEDAR…DADE…DALLAS…DENT…
GREENE…HICKORY…JASPER…LACLEDE…LAWRENCE…MARIES…
MILLER…MORGAN…NEWTON…PHELPS…POLK…PULASKI…ST.
CLAIR…TEXAS…VERNON…WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.

* UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
ARE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.

* FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS….LOW WATER CROSSINGS…CREEKS AND
URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.