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Springfield, MO – Multiple rounds of heavy rain could trigger flash flooding and sharp river rises along the Missouri–Arkansas border beginning March 7, putting low-lying Ozark communities at risk before St. Patrick’s Day.
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center outlook issued February 27 and valid March 7-13, a broad swath of 60-70% probability for above normal precipitation stretches across the South-Central U.S. A high risk, greater than 60%, for heavy precipitation is centered on portions of the Lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys from March 7-10, extending into northern Arkansas and southern Missouri…