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FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

845 PM CST THU MAR 15 2001



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

MISSOURI...AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FOR TONIGHT...



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

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



A STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE OZARKS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD

TONIGHT. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN CONTINUED TO SPIN AROUND THIS STORM

ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.  RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WHICH

COULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING IN POOR

DRAINAGE AREAS.



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

WEATHER OF LATE FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH...THE RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL

LIKELY CAUSE RIVERS TO RISE AND MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING...ESPECIALLY

ALONG SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WATER LEVELS TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE

ACTION.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES ON THIS STORM SYSTEM.

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