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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
340 PM CDT TUE SEP 23 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT...

IN MISSOURI
BARRY           BARTON        CAMDEN         CEDAR          CHRISTIAN
DADE            DALLAS        DENT           DOUGLAS        GREENE
HICKORY         HOWELL        JASPER         LACLEDE        LAWRENCE
MCDONALD        NEWTON        OREGON         OZARK          PHELPS
POLK            PULASKI       SHANNON        ST.CLAIR       STONE
TANEY           TEXAS         VERNON         WEBSTER        WRIGHT

INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF...

JOPLIN          SPRINGFIELD   BRANSON        WEST PLAINS    NEVADA
OZARK           LEBANON       ROLLA          NEOSHO         MONETT
MT VERNON       STOCKTON      CAMDENTON      WAYNESVILLE    HOUSTON
EMINENCE        GARRISON      CABOOL         ROCKY COMFORT  FREISTADTT

...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...AND MOST
OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

A SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH A WARM FRONT
EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS CONTINUED TO PUMP HUGE QUANTITIES OF
MOISTURE INTO OUR AREA.  THIS MOISTURE WAS COMBINING WITH A
SURFACE TROUGH OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO EASTERN KANSAS ALONG WITH THE
INTERACTION OF 2 JET STREAMS TO BRING THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL TO THE REGION.

THIS ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ON TOP OF A FAIRLY SATURATED
GROUND DUE TO TODAYS RAINFALL.  SEVERAL SUPPLEMENTAL AND
COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS HAVE REPORTED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.  DOPPLER
WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 1 INCH OF RAIN IN MOST LOCATIONS.

THERE MAY BE A BRIEF RESPITE OF RAIN IN WESTERN AREAS EARLY THIS
EVENING...HOWEVER THE INTERACTION OF THE SURFACE LOW WITH A UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL CREATE A NEW BATCH OF RAIN...POSSIBLY EMBEDDED WITH
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD OCCUR OVERNIGHT.  THE
HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BEGIN SHIFTING EASTWARD TOWARDS SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING
EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

GORDON