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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

935 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



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

GREENE AND JERSEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...



AT 935 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER JERSEY AND SOUTHERN GREENE

COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. 



AT 930 PM CDT...THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER UP TO ONE 

AND A HALF FOOT DEEP AT A FEW LOW SPOTS ON HIGHWAY 267 SOUTH OF 

CARROLLTON ILLINOIS. 



SOME COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THIS ADVISORY INCLUDE 

JERSEYVILLE..CARROLTON AND OLD KANE. 



MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH JERSEY AND GREENE COUNTIES SHOULD BE 

ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF OVER HIGHWAY 267 AND 

OTHER COUNTY ROADS. 



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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