Flash flood watch continues for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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 THIS EVENING

* RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY TODAY BECOMING LOCALLY
  HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
  TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* RECENT HEAVY RAIN HAS SATURATED SOILS AND RESULTED IN RISES ON
  AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD
  TO FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND STREAMS...AS
  WELL AS RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS.

THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ON AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES.

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.