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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

330 PM CST WED FEB 14 2001



...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...



A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



IN MISSOURI:



BARRY...CHRISTIAN...DENT...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...MCDONALD...OREGON...

OZARK...SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS AND WRIGHT.



SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE AVA...BRANSON...HOUSTON...MONETT...

OZARK AND WEST PLAINS.



AT 330 PM...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF THE 

AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY 

RAIN WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS BAND OF RAIN.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 

A QUARTER TO HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.



SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE 

EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAINFALL WILL OCCUR...WITH HEAVIER RAIN WITH THE STRONGER 

THUNDERSTORMS.  WHILE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE 

COURSE OF THE NIGHT...PRODUCING SOME RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING.



A 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 FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE

TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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