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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

415 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



...FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN MISSOURI:



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

AND DADE.





...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTHERN 

MISSOURI... 



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSOURI:



TEXAS...DENT...GREENE...WEBSTER...WRIGHT...NEWTON...LAWRENCE...

CHRISTIAN...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...SHANNON...MCDONALD...BARRY...STONE...

TANEY...OZARK AND OREGON.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY 

HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN 

MISSOURI SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.  THIS RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED 

GROUND COULD RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A NEOSHO... 

SPRINGFIELD TO SALEM LINE.  THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 

AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

DECREASED.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING HAVE GENERALLY RANGED 

FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN THE WATCH AREA WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER 

AMOUNTS NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER. 



ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN 

MISSOURI THIS MORNING AS A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM PUSHES INTO THE 

SOUTHERN PLAINS. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR AREAS OF 

HEAVY RAIN TO MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS.  



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

LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. FLOODING OF 

LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO DEVELOP IF HEAVY RAINFALL 

ACCUMULATIONS ARE WIDESPREAD. 



BOATERS AND CAMPERS ALONG OZARK RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY 

RISING WATER LEVELS TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND BE PREPARED TO 

SEEK HIGHER GROUND. 



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE 

WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.  STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION 

FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD ON NOAA WEATHER 

RADIO...OR AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF.



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