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RWUS32 KSTL 172301

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MOZ059-062-180100-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

600 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



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

NORTHEASTERN GASCONADE AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 800

PM CDT...



AT 555 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW 

HAVEN.  THIS STORM HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOTION IN THE PAST HOUR.  RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A SMALL 

AREA NEAR STONY HILL IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HOUR OVER THE SAME AREA.



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

STONY HILL...SWISS...NEW HAVEN.



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.



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BRITT

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