FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 752 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
CENTRAL MISSOURI...CAMDEN...MARIES...MILLER...PHELPS AND
PULASKI. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...DENT...HOWELL...OREGON...
SHANNON AND TEXAS. IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...BARRY...CHRISTIAN...
DALLAS...DOUGLAS...GREENE...LACLEDE...OZARK...STONE...TANEY...
WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.
* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED
FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO LAKE OF THE
OZARKS...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LACK OF VEGETATION WILL CREATE
ENHANCED RUNOFF...WHICH COULD LEAD TO 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.
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