...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...

.A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET STREAM WILL INTERACT WITH A SLOW
MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE EXPECTED
TRAINING NATURE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT
IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AND AN
INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL
MISSOURI, WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
MISSOURI, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS,
BOURBON, CHEROKEE, AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI, BARTON, BENTON,
CAMDEN, CEDAR, DADE, DALLAS, HICKORY, JASPER, LACLEDE, MARIES,
MILLER, MORGAN, PHELPS, POLK, PULASKI, ST. CLAIR, AND VERNON.

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING FROM SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

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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