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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

915 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001



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

GENEVIEVE AND ST. FRANCOIS COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN FORMING ON THE WESTERN ST FRANCOIS COUNTY 

LINE AND HAVE BEEN MOVING OVER ST FRANCOIS AND STE GENEVIEVE 

COUNTIES SINCE 730 PM.  THE SAME PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES HAVE 

BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE VERY HEAVY RAIN AS MORE STORMS 

CONTINUE TO FORM JUST WEST OF ST FRANCOIS COUNTY.  THERE IS THE 

POTENTIAL FOR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND 

ANY LOW LYING ROADS TO FLOOD.



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



LEADWOOD...BONNE TERRE...PARK HILLS...ROCKY 

RIDGE...WEINGARTEN...RIVER AUX VASES...AND STE GENEVIEVE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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. 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.



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.



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CARNEY

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