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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1157 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY 

AFTERNOON...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS...ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH 

CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND A PORTION OF CENTRAL MISSOURI.  THIS WATCH 

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN MISSOURI:



BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...

DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HICKORY...HOWELL...JASPER...

LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...MORGAN...NEWTON...

OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...ST. CLAIR...

STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.



IN KANSAS:



BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD.



SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...

CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...

LEBANON...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE 

BEACH...OZARK...PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON...AND 

WEST PLAINS.



ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE OZARKS REGION 

OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ON TUESDAY... 

BROUGHT ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO MOST LOCATIONS.

THERE WERE ALSO ISOLATED AMOUNTS RANGING FROM EIGHT TENTHS TO

JUST OVER ONE INCH.



RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY HIGH DUE TO LAST WEEKS HEAVY RAIN.  

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...AS IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING.   FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO 

BE POSSIBLE AS ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR WITH THIS 

SYSTEM IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RUNOFF 

FLOODING. 



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



D.STEINMETZ

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