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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1023 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001



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

AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN MISSOURI:



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

DALLAS...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HICKORY...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...

MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...MORGAN...NEWTON...OZARK...PHELPS...POLK.

..PULASKI...ST. CLAIR...STONE...TANEY...VERNON...WEBSTER...AND 

WRIGHT.



IN KANSAS:



BOURBON...CHEROKEE...AND CRAWFORD.



A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...EXTENDED FROM WESTERN 

KANSAS AND INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE TUESDAY EVENING. THIS LOW 

IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY NOON WEDNESDAY. AS 

THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES...A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL 

DEEPEN OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THIS WILL INCREASE THE FLOW OF GULF 

MOISTURE NORTHWARD AND TO FURTHER DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. 

UNSTABLE MOIST AIR...WILL HELP TO INCREASE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MOST OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS OVERNIGHT AND 

INTO WEDNESDAY.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...THAT WILL 

CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE...ALONG WITH FLOODING OF LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS AND OTHER AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO 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.



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