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FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

930 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST

MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THURSDAY...



THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLUMBIA...JEFFERSON CITY...

MEXICO...QUINCY...HANNIBAL...EDINA...BOWLING GREEN...AND PITTSFIELD.



A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS PROMISES TO BRING LOTS OF

WET WEATHER TO PARTS OF ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI OVER THE NEXT 24 TO

36 HOURS.  EXCESSIVE RAIN MAY OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY

OVER NORTHERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS OVER

SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  AT THIS TIME...TOTAL RAINFALL IN

THE WATCH AREA IS EXPECTED TO RANGE ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO TWO

INCHES.



SINCE THE GROUND ACROSS THE AREA IS STILL SATURATED FROM THE WET

WEATHER OF LATE FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH...THE RAIN OF TONIGHT AND

THURSDAY WILL LIKELY CAUSE RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND MAY CAUSE

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS.



THOSE LIVING IN...OR OWNING PROPERTY NEAR...FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD

BEGIN TO MAKE PREPARATIONS NOW IN CASE WATER LEVELS RISE AND BEGIN

TO THREATEN.  YOU ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY MONITOR WEATHER

CONDITIONS AND WATER LEVELS LATER TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON

THURSDAY.

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