Today is forecast to be Much Warmer than yesterday.
Nowcast as of 11:51 PM CDT on March 21, 2010
Now
Light rain and sprinkles will persist over portions of southern Missouri this evening. Locations that experience this activity will receive amounts ranging from a trace to just a few hundredths of an inch through midnight. This area of light rain will eventually exit east of the Ozarks during the overnight hours...allowing for dry conditions on Monday.
Forecast for Polk
Updated: 12:16 am CDT on March 22, 2010
Flood Watch in effect until 7 am CDT this morning...
Rest of Tonight
Mostly cloudy after midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Monday
Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
... Flood Watch remains in effect until 7 am CDT Monday...
The Flood Watch continues for
* portions of southeast Kansas and Missouri... including the following areas... in southeast Kansas... Bourbon... Cherokee and Crawford. In Missouri... Barry... Barton... Benton... Camden... Cedar... Christian... Dade... Dallas... Dent... Douglas... Greene... Hickory... Howell... Jasper... Laclede... Lawrence... Maries... McDonald... Miller... Morgan... Newton... Oregon... Ozark... Phelps... Polk... Pulaski... Shannon... St. Clair... stone... Taney... Texas... Vernon... Webster and Wright.
* Until 7 am CDT Monday
* light rain will exit the region overnight. However... a large area of snow pack across western Missouri and southeast Kansas will quickly melt Monday through Tuesday. Minor flooding could result from this snow melt over the next few days.
* Additional rainfall amounts of less than two tenths of an inch will occur over portions of south central Missouri tonight.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts.
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Local Storm Report
03/20/2010 0506 PM
Bolivar, Polk County.
Sleet e0.25 inch, reported by co-op observer.
One quarter of an inch of sleet accumulation with snow just now starting to accumulate.
03/20/2010 0555 PM
Flemington, Polk County.
Snow m4.0 inch, reported by co-op observer.
Coop observer in Flemington measured four inches of snow accumulation. A public report from Humansville also measured four inches.
03/21/2010 0722 am
1 miles NE of pleasant hopexie, Polk County.
Snow m2.0 inch, reported by co-op observer.
One inch currently on ground.
03/20/2010 0506 PM
Bolivar, Polk County.
Sleet e0.25 inch, reported by co-op observer.
One quarter of an inch of sleet accumulation with snow just now starting to accumulate.
03/20/2010 0555 PM
Flemington, Polk County.
Snow m4.0 inch, reported by co-op observer.
Coop observer in Flemington measured four inches of snow accumulation. A public report from Humansville also measured four inches.
03/21/2010 0722 am
1 miles NE of pleasant hopexie, Polk County.
Snow m2.0 inch, reported by co-op observer.
One inch currently on ground.
03/21/2010 0722 am
1 miles NE of pleasant Hopeville, Polk County.
Snow m2.0 inch, reported by co-op observer.
One inch currently on ground.
03/20/2010 0555 PM
Flemington, Polk County.
Snow m4.0 inch, reported by co-op observer.
Coop observer in Flemington measured four inches of snow accumulation. A public report from Humansville also measured four inches.
03/20/2010 0506 PM
Bolivar, Polk County.
Sleet e0.25 inch, reported by co-op observer.
One quarter of an inch of sleet accumulation with snow just now starting to accumulate.