... Flood Watch remains in effect through Monday morning...
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... Jasper... Laclede... Lawrence... Maries... McDonald...
Miller... Morgan... Newton... Ozark... Phelps... Polk... Pulaski...
St. Clair... stone... Taney... Texas... Vernon... Webster and
Wright.
* Through Monday morning
* a prolonged period of moderate and locally heavy rainfall is
occurring over parts of western... southwestern... and central
Missouri and southeast Kansas this afternoon. Widespread
rainfall in excess of an inch has occurred northwest of a line
from Joplin to Buffalo to Tuscumbia since late last night.
Moderate to heavy rainfall will gradually spread south and east
into the rest of the Missouri Ozarks this evening and tonight.
Another one to two inches of rainfall will be possible through
tonight with locally higher amounts where training thunderstorms
occur.
* Many low water crossings will be impacted by heavy rain
through midday Monday. Smaller creeks and streams may also
experience flooding. Large rivers in the Osage river basin may
also experience flooding over the next couple of days.
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.
Dsa