FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1245 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE OZARKS...
.SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO THIS
EVENING. RAINFALL WILL BECOME MORE STEADY FROM LATER THIS EVENING
INTO THURSDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS AND PUSHES NORTH INTO
EASTERN MISSOURI.
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.
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/O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0017.000000T0000Z-091224T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-
GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-BARRY-
STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...
ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...
EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...
BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
1245 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 OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE
EASTERN OZARKS. SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY LATER
THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
MORNING. THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS.
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.
$$
SCHAUMANN
WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 857 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON
INTO THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...OR WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE...TO
SPRINGFIELD...TO WARSAW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO
EAST. WHILE THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS REMAINS
UNCERTAIN...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF
A MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
FOSTER
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