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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

730 AM CST MON MAR 18 2002



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING 

FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...



THIS FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSOURI:



MILLER...MARIES...CAMDEN...PULASKI...PHELPS...POLK...DALLAS...

LACLEDE...TEXAS...DENT...DADE...GREENE...WEBSTER...WRIGHT...NEWTON...

LAWRENCE...CHRISTIAN...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...SHANNON...MCDONALD...

BARRY...STONE...TANEY...OZARK AND OREGON.



SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON 

...FORT LEONARD WOOD...HOUSTON...LEBANON...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...

NEOSHO...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD AND WEST PLAINS.



HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER 

AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS PARTS OF 

THE MISSOURI OZARKS.



FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW 

LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT FROM THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. 

FLOODING OF LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO DEVELOP TUESDAY IF 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE WIDESPREAD. 



RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE TODAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AS 

ABUNDANT MOISTURE SURGES NORTH OVER THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF A 

POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAIN 

AND THUNDERSTORMS TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS.  



THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY 

AFTERNOON.  THE RAIN WILL END TUESDAY NIGHT. 



BOATERS AND CAMPERS ALONG OZARK RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY 

RISING WATER LEVELS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND. 



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS 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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR

LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOOD EVENT. 

YOU CAN ALSO GET THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF.





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