FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO ...SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL- LIVINGSTON-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...TROY... LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE... SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE... 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 355 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN... JOHNSON KS...LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI...ANDREW...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL...CARROLL... CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER...DAVIESS...DE KALB...HENRY...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE... LIVINGSTON...PETTIS...PLATTE...RANDOLPH...RAY AND SALINE. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING * SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH THIS TIME COULD RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 TONIGHT...SHIFTING INTO AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BY FRIDAY MORNING. * SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ALONG FLOOD-PRONE RIVERS AND STREAMS. 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.