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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

421 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2001



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

ST. LOUIS CITY AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY UNTIL 645 AM CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING SPOTTY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

MISSOURI SIDE OF THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA SINCE AROUND 3 AM.  ONE 

LOCALIZED DOWNPOUR OVER SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY HAS CAUSED GRAVOIS 

CREEK TO LEAVE ITS BANKS AROUND GRANTS FARM...AND SEVERAL ROADS IN 

THE AREA ARE BEING CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR DURING THIS MORNINGS RUSH HOUR 

IN AND AROUND THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA.   MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE 

CAUTION WHEN DRIVING INTO AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING DURING 

TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN...SUCH AS UNDERPASSES OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS 

ALONG CREEKS.  IF YOUR VEHICLE DOES STALL IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON 

IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD

CAREFULLY MONITOR WATER LEVELS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



TRUETT

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