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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

954 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR

SCHUYLER...CASS...SCOTT AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM...



AT 950 AM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED FROM WESTERN ILLINOIS

SOUTHWARD THROUGH MUCH OF MISSOURI. THE AREA OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE

TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS DURING THE DAY TODAY.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS CONFIRM THAT

UPWARDS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SCHUYLER...

CASS...SCOTT AND MORGAN COUNTIES OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.



AT 930 AM...SCHUYLER COUNTY REPORTED THAT WATER IS STARTING TO COVER

ROADWAYS...WHILE CASS COUNTY REPORTED ROUTE 78 HALFWAY COVERED WITH

WATER. WITH MORE RAINFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...EXPECTED THROUGH MID-

AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD SITUATION WILL ONLY WORSEN DURING THE DAY. THE

THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION AFTER 3 PM AND

THE FLOODING PROBLEMS SHOULD SUBSIDE.



USE CAUTION IF DRIVING IN SCHUYLER...CASS...SCOTT...AND MORGAN

COUNTIES TODAY. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODED ROADWAYS

AND NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS OR UNDERPASSES.



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PLAHMER

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