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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

615 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 615 PM...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE

AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.  SHOWERS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN

WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE RAIN AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE

QUARTER OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER

RATES NEAR ONE HALF INCH.  THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM

THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY LATER THIS EVENING.



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLASH

FLOODING...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE

POSSIBLE OVER THE COURSE OF THE EVENING.  THIS COULD RESULT IN RAPID

RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS.



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.



GET THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE AT SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR

GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF/.



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