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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1130 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR GREENE AND JERSEY

COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...



AT 1120 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE ADVISORY HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER

POSE A THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST INTO 

CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION 

THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SUBSIDED...MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO

USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED 

FLOODING. AT 1115 PM THE CITY OF CARROLLTON REPORTED ISOLATED AREAS 

OF WATER ON STREETS AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES DEEP IN SOME PLACES. LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNTIL THE FAST FLOWING WATER 

DISSIPATES.

 

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