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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1020 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001



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

PIKE...RALLS...KNOX...LEWIS...ADAMS...MONROE...SHELBY...MARION AND

BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CST...



AT 1015 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN...

ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. 

AT 1000 AM CST THE RALLS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OF 6 TO 12 

INCHES DEEP OVER HIGHWAY F SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF CENTER

AND OVER HIGHWAY B SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF PERRY IN FAR SOUTHWEST

RALLS COUNTY. 



AT 945 AM CST...THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE AT PITTSFIELD ILLINOIS DID 

NOT REPORT ANY ROAD CLOSURES. HOWEVER..SOME OF THE DITCHES ALONG 

ROADWAYS WERE APPROACHING BANKFUL.  



SOME CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED BY THIS ADVISORY INCLUDE...

HANNIBAL..MONROE CITY..BOWLING GREEN..EDINA..CANTON..NEW LONDON..

QUNICY..PITTSFIELD..AND MT STERLING. 



WIDESPREAD RAIN..SOME HEAVY EXTENDING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST 

MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON HOURS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCAL 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO

FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOUR

VEHICLE DOES STALL IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



RP/GKS



 

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