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FLASH FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 149 AM CDT THU SEP 09 2010
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
CENTRAL MISSOURI...BENTON...CAMDEN...HICKORY...MARIES...
MILLER...MORGAN...PHELPS AND PULASKI. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...DENT...SHANNON AND TEXAS. IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
CHRISTIAN...DALLAS...DOUGLAS...GREENE...LACLEDE...POLK...
STONE...TANEY...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THROUGH TODAY AS THE
REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST
KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL RATES WILL
OCCUR THIS MORNING AND THROUGH TODAY BEFORE RAIN TAPERS OF FROM
WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RAINFALL AND RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS...LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND...POOR DRAINAGE REGIONS SUCH AS URBAN AREAS.
LARGER RIVERS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING AS RUNOFF
INCREASES. PERSONS WHO LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE URGED TO
TAKE ACTION NOW TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE 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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HATCH
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