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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1130 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



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

COLE...MONITEAU AND BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER AND SOUTH OF 

INTERSTATE 70 IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM 

THESE STORMS WILL AMOUNT TO LESS THAN AN INCH...BUT NEVERTHELESS 

WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING IN THIS AREA DUE TO ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUNDS.



THE BOONE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS THAT WERE 

CLOSED WITH ABOUT 2 FEET OF STANDING WATER.  THE MAJORITY WERE OUT 

IN THE COUNTY AND NOT IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA.  COLUMBIA HAD SOME 

MINOR STREET FLOODING.  ROUTE 179 IN NORTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY HAS 

WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR SANDY HOOK...WITH SEVERAL OTHER LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS REPORTING FLOODING.



SOME TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE COLUMBIA... 

JEFFERSON CITY AND CALIFORNIA MISSOURI.



MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ADJUST DRIVING SPEEDS TO ROAD 

CONDITIONS.  NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER FLOWING ACROSS A 

ROADWAY OR INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE 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.



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