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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

740 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES 

IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS...



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.



AT 730 AM...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED OVER 

MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING NEAR AND 

JUST EAST OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. VOLUNTEER WEATHER 

OBSERVERS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERES...AND AUTOMATED SURFACE 

OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN OVERNIGHT HAS FALLEN 

OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED. ONE 

HALF TO THREE QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN COMMOM ELSEWHERE IN THE 

WATCH AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. 



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS THROUGH NOON...ESPECIALLY 

ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH 

CENTRAL MISSOURI. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN 

LIGHT TO MODERATE ACROSS THE REGION...THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS 

MOISTURE LADEN...AND ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP 

COULD BE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN 

AFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 



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

TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



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