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WGUS73 KSGF 161230

FFSSGF

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-162200-



FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

730 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE MISSOURI 

OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO THE 

MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING...AND WILL 

CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE 

TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF THREE OR 

MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE REPEATED THUNDERSTORM 

ACTIVITY. THE GROUND IS ALREADY RELATIVELY SATURATED...SO RAINFALL 

OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT 

RISES ON 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 AND

FLOOD PRONE. 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 WARNING IS ISSUED.



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THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE

INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF

OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.



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