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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

100 PM CST FRI FEB 9 2001



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

MONTGOMERY...BOND...FAYETTE AND CLINTON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL 

ILLINOIS UNTIL 400 PM CST...



HEAVY RAINS FELL OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS DURING THE MORNING 

HOURS.  SINCE AROUND MIDDAY THE RAINS HAVE BEEN TAPERING OFF...BUT 

LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO MIDDLE 

AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL.   



STANDING WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED ON SOME COUNTY ROADS AND IN POORLY 

DRAINED AREAS IN CLINTON COUNTY...AND ESPECIALLY IN FAYETTE 

COUNTY.   AS THE RAIN SUBSIDES CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE...

HOWEVER MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL 

ILLINOIS...INCLUDING TRAVEL INTO THE GREENVILLE...VANDALIA... 

BREESE...HILLSBORO...AND ST ELMO AREAS...SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE 

CAUTION. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS MORNINGS RAINS WILL CONTINUE A FLOODING THREAT 

ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

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

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR 

FLOODING.  



BE ALERT FOR STANDING WATER IN POORLY DRAINED AND LOW LYING 

AREAS...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHILE APPROACHING AREAS THAT ARE 

PRONE TO FLOODING DURING TIMES OF WET WEATHER.  IF YOU COME UPON A 

ROAD THAT IS COVERED BY WATER...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.  



TRUETT

     

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