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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

639 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR...MARIES... 

POLK...PHELPS...DADE...DALLAS...SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN...PULASKI AND 

LACLEDE COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...



AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM BOLIVAR THROUGH LEBANON AND FORT WOOD TO 

ROLLA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL WAS FALLING AT THE RATE 

OF ONE INCH PER HOUR IN THESE LOCATIONS.



RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

BOLIVAR...FAIR PLAY...GREENFIELD AND URBANA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT 

IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



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