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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1107 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003



...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH

FOR TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...



IN MISSOURI:



BARRY...BARTON...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HOWELL...

JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...OREGON...OZARK...SHANNON...

STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.



IN KANSAS:



BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD.



SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE AVA...BRANSON...FORT SCOTT...

HOUSTON...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...OZARK...

PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD AND WEST PLAINS.



A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING 

WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST 

KANSAS FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE DAY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY 

NIGHT. EARLY ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN COULD 

FALL IN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA.  SINCE MUCH OF THE REGION HAS 

ALREADY RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 

WEEK...THE SATURATED SOILS COMBINED WITH EXPECTED ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND 

SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG AREA RIVERS.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING 

AREAS AND ALONG RIVERS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR

PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS 

ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF 

FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



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