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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

457 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY 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.



AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN 

MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST 

MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. THROUGH 5 AM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE WHERE 1.0 TO 

1.5 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN SINCE 1 AM. THE COOPERATIVE 

WEATHER OBSERVER IN COLUMBUS KANSAS REPORTED ALMOST AN INCH OF RAIN 

AS OF 430 AM. 



THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST TO EAST 

THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAIN AND 

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA LATER TODAY AS 

WELL.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND 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.



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

TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.





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