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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1030 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



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

FOR MCDONALD COUNTY...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR

DADE...LAWRENCE AND BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM...



AT 1025 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 NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...TO NORTH CENTRAL

ARKANSAS...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI NEAR WEST PLAINS.



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 1030 PM FOR MCDONALD COUNTY.



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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