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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

658 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2001



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

SALINE...RAY...CHARITON...LAFAYETTE...CARROLL...HOWARD...RANDOLPH AND

COOPER COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT...



AT 658 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...AN AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING ALL BUT RAY COUNTY. THE AREA OF 

RAIN IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT FROM RICHMOND TO 

HIGGINSVILLE TO MARSHALL. THE REST OF THE ADVISORY AREA HAS PICKED 

UP ONE TO TWO INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS MORNING 

SHOULD BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH.



SOME CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED BY THIS ADVISORY INCLUDE....

RICHMOND...MARSHALL...CARROLLTON...MOBERLY...FAYETTE...NEW 

FRANKLIN...BOONVILLE...HIGGINSVILLE...AND BRUNSWICK.



NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED THROUGHOUT THESE COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THE WATER RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AND CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER STORMS 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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3961 9255 3956 9315 3957 9335 3954 9355

          3950 9419 3894 9409 3890 9392 3890 9384

          3894 9384 3894 9305 3871 9306 3871 9263

          3902 9258 3960 9232

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