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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

203 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR COLE COUNTY

UNTIL 300 PM CDT...



AT 203 PM CDT...THE COUNTY SHERIFF AND SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS 

REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN JEFFERSON CITY. SOME STREETS WERE BEING 

CLOSED DUE TO THE WATER. 



AT 205 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT 

RAIN OVER MUCH OF COLE COUNTY WHICH WILL BE ENDING BY 230 PM. THUS 

THE CURRENT SITUATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO WORSEN.



RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS 

AND BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN 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.



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JPK

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