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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

427 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR EXTREME 

SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST 

MISSOURI...



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN MISSOURI:



BARTON...CEDAR...JASPER...MCDONALD...NEWTON...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON.



IN KANSAS:



BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD.



SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...NEOSHO...

NEVADA...PITTSBURG AND STOCKTON.



AT 425 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM OSCEOLA TO NEVADA TO 

COLUMBUS. THE NORTHEAST ORIENTATION AND MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA OF 

RAIN AND HAS CAUSED THE STORMS TO CONTINUOUSLY MOVE THROUGH THE SAME 

AREAS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 

THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM JUST NORTH OF 

COLUMBUS TO PITTSBURG TO NEAR MINDENMINES IN WESTERN BARTON COUNTY. 

THE COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER IN PITTSBURG KANSAS HAS MEASURED 

ALMOST 2 INCHES OF RAIN AS OF 4 PM.



AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT 

MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE 

ALREADY BEEN ISSUED IN SOME OF THE WATCH AREA. CHECK PREPAREDNESS 

REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF 

FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.



DSA

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