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Flood Watch issued June 8 at 1:36AM CDT until June 9 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Springfield MO* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.* WHERE...Portions of southeast Kansas, including the followingareas, Bourbon, Cherokee and Crawford and Missouri, including thefollowing areas, 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.* WHEN...From this evening through Sunday afternoon.* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...- Repeated rounds of thunderstorms are possible Saturdayevening into Sunday morning. Widespread rainfall amounts of 2to 3 inches with localized amounts of 5-7 inches arepossible. There is expected to be a sharp cutoff in rainfallamounts to the southwest, but exactly where this occurs isuncertain at this time.- http://www.weather.gov/safety/floodYou should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take actionshould Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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Flood Warning issued June 8 at 5:09AM CDT until June 8 at 11:00AM CDT by NWS Springfield MO* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.* WHERE...A portion of southwest Missouri, including the followingcounties, Christian and Greene.* WHEN...Until 1100 AM CDT.* IMPACTS...Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may notbe passable. It will take several hours for all the water fromthese storms to work through local drainage systems in urban areas.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...- At 509 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to beginshortly in the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rainhave fallen.- This includes the following low water crossings...Wilson Creek at Farm Road 146, Wilson's Creek at Farm Road150 and Wilson Creek at Farm Road 156.- Some locations that will experience flooding include...Springfield, Nixa, Ozark, Battlefield, Fremont Hills,Brookline and Galloway.- http://www.weather.gov/safety/floodTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Many flooddeaths occur in vehicles.Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize thedangers of flooding.In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which arepotentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross floodedroads. Find an alternate route.

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