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Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Plains, Ozarks, and Upper Midwest Thursday

Heavy thunderstorms will continue areas of excessive rainfall and locally considerable flooding over parts of the southern Plains into the mid-Mississippi River Valley through Friday. Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flash and urban flooding, along with isolated riverine flooding to a part of the Upper Midwest Thursday. Read More >

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Non-Weather Emergency Message (NWEM)

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Federal, state, local, tribal and territorial public safety officials can send Non-Weather Emergency Messages (NWEMs) through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) in CAP v1.2 format to the National Weather Service (NWS) for broadcast over NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) All Hazards and other NWS dissemination systems (see DISSEMINATION TABLE).
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