HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
Warning Issue Date: 522 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...
A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI
THIS WEEK...PULLING AN UNSEASONABLY WARM MOIST AIR MASS INTO THE
REGION. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE BOTH
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...ALONG WITH A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ENHANCED IN ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AND
COULD LEAD TO FLOODING CONCERNS ON SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR IN EXCESS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF TOTAL
RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. WITH DORMANT VEGETATION
AND LARGELY FROZEN SOILS...THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WOULD LEAD TO
EXCESS RUNOFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. THERE REMAINS SOME
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TOTAL POSSIBLE RAINFALL AMOUNTS...AND AREAS
MOST LIKELY TO RECEIVE HEAVIER RAINFALL. HOWEVER AT THIS TIME...BIG
CREEK...BLACKWATER...SOUTH GRAND...PETITE SALINE...MONITEAU...AND
LAMINE RIVER BASINS APPEAR MOST SUSCEPTIBLE.
PERSONS LIVING NEAR OR TRAVELING AROUND SMALLER RIVERS AND
STREAMS...AS WELL AS FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE URGED TO MONITOR NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS THIS WEEK. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON
PARTICULAR RIVER BASINS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KC/
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