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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

710 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR

NORTHEASTERN GASCONADE AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 

800 PM CDT...



AT 707 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA 

BETWEEN NEW HAVEN AND DRAKE.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A SMALL AREA NEAR 

STONY HILL HAS RECEIVED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE NEXT 

HOUR THAT MAY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO

FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOUR

VEHICLE DOES STALL IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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BRITT

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