...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED...

.WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THROUGH TONIGHT.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING WILL
RANGE FROM ROUGHLY AN INCH TO AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF.

DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH THE LACK OF
VEGETATION IN THE WINTER TIME, SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, AND RIVERS
WILL BE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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,
HOWELL, JASPER, LACLEDE, LAWRENCE, MARIES, MCDONALD, MILLER,
MORGAN, NEWTON, OREGON, OZARK, PHELPS, POLK, PULASKI, SHANNON,
ST. CLAIR, STONE, TANEY, TEXAS, VERNON, WEBSTER, AND WRIGHT.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ROUGHLY AN INCH TO
AN INCH AND A HALF. SOIL CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE LACK OF
VEGETATION IN THE WINTER TIME WILL CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED
FLOODING POTENTIAL.

* FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS NEAR
STREAMS, CREEKS, AND RIVERS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT, CREATING
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.

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.

&&

...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN RISK...

.RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS TODAY. MANY LOCATIONS
WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS. OTHER LOCATIONS WILL
RECEIVE ANYWHERE FROM A GLAZE UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. THE
HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FOCUSED UP ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSOURI.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM A GLAZE UP TO
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

* WHERE...THE HIGHER ICE ACCUMULATIONS, UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN
INCH, ARE MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE
TEMPERATURES ARE COOLER. A GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION OR NO
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.

* WHEN...UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK IN SPOTS,
ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE AND POTENTIALLY THE EVENING
COMMUTE ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.

&&