Flash flood watch issued for Joplin area, two to four inches of rain expected

(From the National Weather Service)

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CHEROKEE-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-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...BAXTER SPRINGS...LOWELL...RIVERTON...
COLUMBUS...NEUTRAL...SHERWIN...STIPPVILLE...VERSAILLES...
ROCKY MOUNT...STOVER...LAURIE...AURORA SPRINGS...ELDON...
LAKE OZARK...VICHY...WEAUBLEAU...HERMITAGE...PITTSBURG...QUINCY...
WHEATLAND...CROSS TIMBERS...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...
DECATURVILLE...ROACH...VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...LAQUEY...WAYNESVILLE...NORTHWYE...ROLLA...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...CHARITY...FOOSE...MARCH...PLAD...WINDYVILLE...
OLIVE...LYNCHBURG...LEBANON...PLATO...ROBY...BENDAVIS...HUGGINS...
LAKE SPRING...BANGERT...DARIEN...GLADDEN...HOWES...JADWIN...
SALEM...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...LOCKWOOD...MEINERT...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...NORTHVIEW...SEYMOUR...ROGERSVILLE...
DAWSON...GRAFF...MOUNTAIN GROVE...DUNCAN...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...
AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...MARIONVILLE...NIXA...CHRISTIAN CENTER...
OZARK...SELMORE...VANZANT...AVA...GOODHOPE...ROME...SQUIRES...
DOGWOOD...POMONA...POTTERSVILLE...SILOAM SPRINGS...SOUTH FORK...
WEST PLAINS...WHITE CHURCH...TERESITA...WINONA...BIRCH TREE...
MONTIER...ANDERSON...NOEL...GOODMAN...SOUTH WEST CITY...
PINEVILLE...ROCKY COMFORT...MONETT...MADRY...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...CRANE...ELSEY...INDIAN POINT...
SILVER DOLLAR CITY...BRANSON...HOLLISTER...KIRBYVILLE...
EDGEWATER BEACH...FORSYTH...OZARK BEACH...POWERSITE...WASOLA...
THAYER...ALTON...COUCH...GREER...THOMASVILLE...WILDERNESS
102 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

HE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT

* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND MUCH
  OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS.

* FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS EXPECTED. LARGER STEM
  RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE RISES...AND POSSIBLY EVEN FLOOD IN
  SOME AREAS. MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE...
  ALONG WITH LOW LYING ROADWAYS THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE FLASH
  FLOODING.

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.