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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1243 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2001



...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SHELBY COUNTY 

UNTIL 300 AM CDT...



AT 1243 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES TO THE EAST OF 

EDINA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  RADAR ESTIMATES THIS STORM HAS 

BROUGHT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR TO NORHTHEN PARTS OF 

SHELBY COUNTY.  IN ADDITION...A SECOND STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH OUT OF 

KNOX COUNTY.  THIS STORM MAY BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN TO THE SAME AREA IN A SHORT TIME. 



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

BETHEL...SHELBYVILLE AND EMDEN.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS

OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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BRITT

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