Two to five inches of rain expected today in Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN DEVELOP AHEAD OF AND ALONG A
COLD FRONT TODAY. ALONG WITH RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED EARLIER
WEDNESDAY EVENING...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL BY TONIGHT WILL RANGE
FROM TWO TO LOCALLY FIVE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.

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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD
318 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

...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...BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...
  CEDAR...DADE...DALLAS...HICKORY...JASPER...LACLEDE...MARIES...
  MILLER...MORGAN...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...ST. CLAIR AND
  VERNON.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST WITHIN THE FLASH FLOOD
  WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE
  RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO TRAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
  KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL
  STORMS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY THURSDAY.

* FLASH FLOODING RISKS ARE INCREASING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
  KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH TODAY. FLOODING IN THIS
  REGION TYPICALLY CONSISTS OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING
  LOW LYING AREAS...INCLUDING LOW WATER CROSSING AND ACTUAL
  ROADWAYS.

ANYONE THAT HAS INTERESTS WITHIN THE OSAGE...LITTLE OSAGE...
SAC...MARMATON...POMME DE TERRE...AND NIANGUA RIVER BASINS...
SHOULD MONITOR FUTURE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS TODAY.

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.