Flood warning issued for Barton County

(From the National Weather Service)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY.

* AT 1149 AM CDT...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT
  RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAD CAUSED FLOODING ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL FROM THIS MORNING PRODUCED ONE TO FOUR
  INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN IS CAUSING FLOODING. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW
  WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF
  FLOODING.

THIS AREAL FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS THAT WERE
IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF HICKORY...DALLAS...POLK...AND WRIGHT COUNTIES.