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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

941 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001



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

CHARLES AND NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...



AT 937 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN...

OVER MUCH OF ST CHARLES COUNTY AND NORTHERN ST LOUIS COUNTY. RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF TWO TO TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN 

NORTH CENTRAL ST CHARLES COUNTY SINCE 830 P.M.



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

WENTZVILLE...LAKE ST LOUIS...OFALLON...ST PETERS...ST 

CHARLES...BRIDGETON...HAZELWOOD...FLORISSANT...AND SPANISH LAKE.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD

CAREFULLY MONITOR WATER LEVELS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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