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URBAN/SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

516 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2001



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

FOR...ST. CLAIR...HICKORY...AND BENTON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM CDT...



AT 512 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 

SCHELL CITY TO COLE CAMP. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 

MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE AND

A HALF INCHES AN HOUR...WERE OCCURING WITH THESE STORMS.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR

FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

HERMITAGE...LOWRY CITY...OSCEOLA...WARSAW...WEAUBLEAU...WHEATLAND

AND SCHELL CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT.



LAT...LON 3850 9309 3852 9352 3819 9353 3821 9403

          3791 9406 3787 9379 3780 9322 3792 9322

          3792 9309 3809 9309



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