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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1037 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001



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

MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...



AT 1037 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN...



ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 SINCE 1000 P.M. WEATHER RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IS BETWEEN ONE 

AND ONE-HALF TO TWO INCHES SINCE 930 P.M.



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



WOOD RIVER...EDWARDSVILLE...TROY...MARINE...HIGHLAND AND GRANT FORK.



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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