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MOZ026-140815-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

305 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2001



...THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SHELBY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



AT 305 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED EAST AND HAS 

EXITED THE COUNTY.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SUBSIDED...MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO

USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.  RUNOFF FROM TONIGHTS RAIN COULD STILL BE 

CAUSING SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS.....ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE 

PRONE TO FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN.  ALSO...ITS VERY 

IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT DARKNESS OFTEN OBSCURES THE DANGERS POSED 

BY FLOOD WATERS.   



IF YOU DO ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY OR BRIDGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS THE FLOODED AREA.  TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.



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TRUETT

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