Flash flood watch issued 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
330 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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 TONIGHT INTO THIS
  WEEKEND BRINGING THE POTENTIAL OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FLASH
  FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
  COMMON OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING IN
  EXCESS OF 4 INCHES.

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

* THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ON TOP OF WET SOILS DUE TO RECENT RAIN COULD
  QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING INCLUDING ALONG STREAMS AND LOW
  WATER CROSSINGS.

  IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO RAPID AND
  SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS INCLUDING AREA SCENIC
  RIVERWAYS.

  THOSE WITH CAMPING OR FLOATING PLANS ALONG AREA RIVERS THROUGH
  THE WEEKEND SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RIVER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED
  TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.