000 FPUS73 KSGF 151559 NOWSGF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1000 AM CST MON MAR 15 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-093-101-151700- BARTON-BOURBON KS-CEDAR-CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-JASPER-MCDONALD- NEWTON-ST. CLAIR-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...NEOSHO...NEVADA... PITTSBURG...STOCKTON 1000 AM CST MON MAR 15 2004 .NOW... LIGHT RAIN OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL MOVE EASTWARD AT 30 MPH...AFFECTING AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO JOPLIN BY 11 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OVER BOURBON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. RAINFALL WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. $$ TERRY