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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

720 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



IN MISSOURI:



BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...

GREENE...HICKORY...JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...POLK...ST.

CLAIR...STONE...TANEY...VERNON AND WEBSTER.



IN KANSAS:



BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD.



A WEAKENING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND 

EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 

MID MORNING FROM OSCEOLA TO WARSAW...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS SOUTH 

ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO 

WEAKEN THIS MORNING.



A COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM...WILL MOVE 

INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON 

AND INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING. ADDTIONAL 

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE 

WATCH AREA FROM THIS SECOND ROUND OF STORMS.  



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.



DSA

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