Flash Flood Watch
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

…ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY…

.SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT BETWEEN ONE AND
LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN TO THE REGION SINCE TUESDAY MORNING.
UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA WILL SUPPORT
SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
ALL BUT FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING AS WELL AS RAPID RISES ON AREA RIVERS…CREEKS AND STREAMS.
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-PUTNAM-
SCHUYLER-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-
CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-
PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATCHISON…PAOLA…MOUND CITY…
LEAVENWORTH…KANSAS CITY KS…OVERLAND PARK…OLATHE…
UNIONVILLE…LANCASTER…DOWNING…CAMERON…GALLATIN…
JAMESPORT…TRENTON…MILAN…GREEN CITY…KIRKSVILLE…
ST. JOSEPH…PLATTSBURG…KINGSTON…HAMILTON…POLO…
CHILLICOTHE…BROOKFIELD…MACON…LA PLATA…PARKVILLE…
PLATTE CITY…WESTON…LIBERTY…EXCELSIOR SPRINGS…RICHMOND…
CARROLLTON…SALISBURY…KEYTESVILLE…MOBERLY…KANSAS CITY…
INDEPENDENCE…LEXINGTON…CONCORDIA…MARSHALL…FAYETTE…
NEW FRANKLIN…RAYMORE…HARRISONVILLE…PLEASANT HILL…
WARRENSBURG…SEDALIA…BOONVILLE…BUTLER…RICH HILL…CLINTON
225 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI. IN KANSAS
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREAS…ATCHISON…JOHNSON…
LEAVENWORTH…LINN KS…MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…ADAIR…BATES…BUCHANAN…
CALDWELL…CARROLL…CASS…CHARITON…CLAY…CLINTON…COOPER…
DAVIESS…DE KALB…GRUNDY…HENRY…HOWARD…JACKSON…JOHNSON…
LAFAYETTE…LINN…LIVINGSTON…MACON…PETTIS…PLATTE…
PUTNAM…RANDOLPH…RAY…SALINE…SCHUYLER AND SULLIVAN.

* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED BETWEEN ONE AND
LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN SINCE TUESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING…WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES LIKELY IN SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.

* WITH SOILS NEARLY SATURATED ACROSS THE AREA…TROPICAL DOWNPOURS
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL LEAD TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
THAT COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY…RUNOFF FROM THIS
RAINFALL WILL ALSO LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON AREA RIVERS…CREEKS AND
STREAMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RIVER FLOODING AS WELL.

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.