Friday, June 06, 2014

Flash Flood watch in effect for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-
TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-
OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...
SALEM...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...
MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...
AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...
WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...
THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
542 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BOURBON...CHEROKEE
  AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI...BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR...
  CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...GREENE...
  HOWELL...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...
  OREGON...OZARK...POLK...SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...
  VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND
  BRINGING THE POTENTIAL OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FLASH
  FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
  COMMON OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF 4
  INCHES.


THE NEXT ROUND OF STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

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