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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1039 AM CST FRI FEB 9 2001



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

FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 2 PM CST...



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 

VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS SINCE 8 

AM.  THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY SHIFTING EAST INTO SOUTH 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND INTO THE VANDALIA AND RAMSEY AREAS.    



THE SHOWERS AND STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE TAPERING 

OFF BY AROUND MIDDAY.  UNTIL THEN...RAINFALLS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL 

BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE 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.



TRUETT

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