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...TORRENTIAL RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SETTLE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...STALLING IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 36 TONIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. WHILE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A LOT OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI OF LATE...EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT THESE WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT RAIN MAKERS AS THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE. ADD IN THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATION...AND FLOODING MIGHT BE AN ISSUE TONIGHT. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...ATCHISON KS AND DONIPHAN. IN MISSOURI...ADAIR... ANDREW...ATCHISON MO...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL...CHARITON... CLINTON...DAVIESS...DE KALB...GENTRY...GRUNDY...HARRISON... HOLT...LINN MO...LIVINGSTON...MACON...MERCER...NODAWAY... PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...SCHUYLER...SULLIVAN AND WORTH.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* A STALLED FRONT ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL LEAD TO REPEATED ROUNDS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER INTO SOUTHERN IOWA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WIDESPREAD EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS AND URBAN LOCATIONS. THIS MAY INCLUDE AREAS THAT ARE NOT TYPICALLY FLOOD PRONE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAIR ... ANDREW ... ATCHISON ... BUCHANAN ... CALDWELL ... CHARITON ... CLINTON ... DAVIESS ... DE KALB ... GENTRY ... GRUNDY ... HARRISON ... HOLT ... LINN ... LIVINGSTON ... MACON ... MERCER ... NODAWAY ... PUTNAM ... RANDOLPH ... SCHUYLER ... SULLIVAN ... WORTH

Instructions:

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.