As the National Weather Service tracks a large thunderstorm on course for Southwest Missouri, NWS has issued a flash flood watch for most of the area.
Several inches of rain are expected as of this moment, with flooding a possibility in some more localized areas.
The flash flood watch will begin Wednesday evening and continue through Thursday afternoon.
The counties included in the flash flood watch are:
- Barry
- Camden
- Christian
- Dade
- Dallas
- Dent
- Douglas
- Greene
- Hickory
- Howell
- Jasper
- Laclede
- Lawrence
- Maries
- McDonald
- Miller
- Newton
- Oregon
- Ozark
- Phelps
- Polk
- Pulaski
- Shannon
- Stone
- Taney
- Texas
- Webster
- Wright