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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

329 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002



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

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 ARE POSSIBLE LATE 

MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS 

ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO...TO SPRINGFIELD... 

TO ROLLA.



RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD EARLY THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN 

INTENSITY TONIGHT AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE SURGES NORTH IN ADVANCE 

OF A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 

RAIN TO PERSIST OVER THE SAME AREAS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO 

THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. 



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

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY 

TUESDAY.  THE RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT. 



ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE REGION HAS SEEN SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL 

THIS YEAR...THIS MUCH RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD LEAD 

TO FLOODING. LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI STAND THE BEST 

CHANCE FOR FLOODING WITH SEVERAL RECENT STORM SYSTEMS HAVING 

AFFECTED THE AREA.



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

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS 

CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOOD THREAT.



YOU CAN ALSO GO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD WEBSITE AT 

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF.



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