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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

802 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



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

NORTHEASTERN GASCONADE AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000

PM CDT...



AT 755 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

ADVISORY AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE LAST 4 HOURS BETWEEN NEW HAVEN AND DRAKE.  AN 

ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HOUR.



AT 745 PM...THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED COUNTY HIGHWAY Y AT 

DISSEN WHICH IS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW HAVEN WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF 

HIGH WATER.  SPOTTERS REPORT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND NEW 

HAVEN.



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

SWISS...STONY HILL...LYON AND NEW HAVEN.



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.



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BRITT

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