Flash flood watch through Saturday for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

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

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
  EXPECTED TO OCCUR TODAY...TONIGHT AND AGAIN LATE FRIDAY INTO
  FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ON ALREADY SATURATED
  GROUND WHICH WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

* TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE
  COMMON WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO
  FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS...LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE
  AREAS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

LOCATIONS THAT NORMALLY DO NOT FLOOD WILL BE AT RISK FOR
FLOODING.

AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLOODING THE PAST
COUPLE OF DAYS ARE AT PARTICULAR RISK FOR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
FLASH FLOODING.

THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ON AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
RISING WATER LEVELS.

THOSE TRAVELING OVERNIGHT AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS.

ADDITIONAL RISES AND FLOODING MAY DEVELOP ON MAIN STEM RIVERS.

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.