FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 950 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...AUDRAIN...BOONE...
CALLAWAY...COLE...MONITEAU AND OSAGE. IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...GASCONADE...LINCOLN...
MONTGOMERY...WARREN AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
KNOX...LEWIS...MARION...MONROE...PIKE...RALLS AND SHELBY. IN
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...IRON...MADISON...REYNOLDS AND ST.
FRANCOIS.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
* THE PERSISTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF
OVERNIGHT...AND BEFORE IT PICKS UP AGAIN...WILL TRANSITION TO
SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE AREA ENDING THE FLOODING THREAT. UNTIL
THEN...RAIN OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND WITH MANY AREA
RIVERS AND CREEKS AT BANKFULL WILL MAINTAIN THE FLOODING THREAT
AS ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL GO AS RUNOFF INTO THESE BODIES
OF WATER.
* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS
ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE
CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.
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