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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

935 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE

FOR VERNON...ST. CLAIR...BENTON...MORGAN... AND BOURBON

COUNTY KANSAS...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES CONTINUED IN

EFFECT FOR MILLER...CAMDEN...HICKORY...BARTON...DALLAS...LACLEDE...

DADE...LAWRENCE...BARRY AND MCDONALD COUNTIES...



AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD

CONTINUED TO INDICATE A DECREASE IN THE AREAL COVERAGE OF RAIN

ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE HEAVIEST RAIN

WAS INDICATED FROM EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI TO NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH CAN BE

EXPECTED FROM BOURBON COUNTY KANSAS TO MORGAN COUNTY MISSOURI. THE

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL COME TO AN END...THEREFORE

THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO

EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 930 PM.



RUNOFF WAS INCOMPLETE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY COUNTIES.

PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS AND ESPECIALLY URBAN AREAS WILL

GRADUALLY DIMINISH.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...ESCAPE RISING WATER BY MOVING DIRECTLY TO

HIGHER GROUND.  DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE ALONG STREAMS AND

WASHES.



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