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SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

1122 PM CDT THU APR 5 2001



THE ADAIR COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT WATER HAD RECEDED FROM

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS CLOSED EARLIER BY FLOOD WATERS INCLUDING... 

ROUTE D EAST OF GREEN CASTLE AND ROUTE O AT THE NOVINGER CITY 

LIMITS. HOWEVER...HIGHWAY 149 NEAR CONNELLSVILLE REMAINED UNDERWATER 

AT 10:30 PM.



RUN OFF FROM THE RAIN THURSDAY EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP STREAMS 

AND CREEKS NEAR BANKFULL DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BUT THE 

SITUATION SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES.



AS ALWAYS...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 

CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL

DRIVING INTO LOW WATER CROSSING AT NIGHT AS IT WILL BE DIFFICULT

TO DETERMINE THE WATERS DEPTH.





STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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