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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

450 AM CST THU MAR 15 2001



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

MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



A STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TODAY.  THIS WILL RESULT IN NEARLY CONTINUOUS

RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY INTO TONIGHT.  THE HEAVIEST

RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL

AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ALTHOUGH

RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THIS MORNING HAVE GENERALLY BEEN A

QUARTER INCH OR LESS...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE

INCH WILL OCCUR BY 600 PM.



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

WEATHER OF LATE FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH...THIS ADDITIONAL

PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CAUSE QUICK RISES AND POSSIBLY

FLOODING ON RIVERS...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 TODAY AND TONIGHT.



$$

GLASS/PEDIGO

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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

450 AM CST THU MAR 15 2001



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

MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



A STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TODAY.  THIS WILL RESULT IN NEARLY CONTINUOUS

RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY INTO TONIGHT.  THE HEAVIEST

RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL

AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ALTHOUGH

RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THIS MORNING HAVE GENERALLY BEEN A

QUARTER INCH OR LESS...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE

INCH WILL OCCUR BY 600 PM.



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

WEATHER OF LATE FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH...THIS ADDITIONAL

PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CAUSE QUICK RISES AND POSSIBLY

FLOODING ON RIVERS...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.



GLASS/PEDIGO

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