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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

400 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR

SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST AND

SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...



A SERIES OF HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS WILL AFFECT THE MISSOURI OZARKS

AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN

THE LIKELIHOOD OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING.



A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS

EVENING...AND MOVE INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. ONE TO TWO

INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS AFFECTS

LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44.



SUNDAY AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS

SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS...AND CONTINUE SUNDAY

NIGHT. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...

WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.



THE COMBINATION OF EVENTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST

KANSAS...INCLUDING ANOTHER SERIES OF RISES ON AREA RIVERS.



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.



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