Joplin area under flash flood watch

(From the National Weather Service)

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
349 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-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...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...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
349 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS.

* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT
  SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
  MISSOURI.

* THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
  STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES
  AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS.

THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS.

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.