The National Weather Service in Kansas City has issued a Flood Watch from Monday afternoon through Wednesday evening for a large section of Missouri including the counties that border Iowa.

PERIODS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE REGION BETWEEN MONDAY   AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL   RANGE FROM THREE TO FIVE INCHES OR MORE. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL   CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS…CREEKS…AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE LARGER RIVERS. LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME   INUNDATED AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE REGION. ANYONE WITH   PROPERTY OR LIVESTOCK LOCATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS…SHOULD   MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY INTO THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK.

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.

Flooding issues may also occur across southern Iowa as well with this system and futher watches may be issued in those areas.