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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1218 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001



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

COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT...



AT 1215 PM CDT...SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AT 

THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR IN JEFFERSON CITY. SOME STREETS IN 

JEFFERSON CITY HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS FLOODED. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS COLE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 2 

HOURS. AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND SOME SMALL STREAMS WILL MOST 

LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS RAINFALL. 



SOME CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED BY THIS ADVISORY INCLUDE...JEFFERSON 

CITY...RUSSELVILLE...BRAZITO...WARDSVILLE...TAOS AND OSAGE BEND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



JPK

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