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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

858 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



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

NORTHERN AND EASTERN PIKE COUNTY UNTIL 1200 AM CDT...



AT 858 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY 

RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LEAVING THE AREA.



HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR ALSO ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 2 TO 2.5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE COURSE OF A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR IN 

PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN PIKE COUNTRY...PARTICULARLY IN THE 

AREA AROUND GRIGGSVILLE...I-72...AND NEAR THE ILLINOIS RIVER IN 

NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY.



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

PITTSFIELD

GRIGGSVILLE

VALLEY CITY

FLORENCE

DETROIT

PERRY



THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT 

AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT IN NORTHERN MISSOURI 

AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS.



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

ROADWAY. UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO

FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOUR

VEHICLE DOES STALL IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

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

OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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