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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

753 AM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001



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

LOUIS CITY...ST. CHARLES AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...



AT 753 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COMPLEX OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. 

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING PER 

HOUR.



THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED FLOODING AND ALONG HIGHWAY 40 

ALONG DARDENNE CREEK IN ST. CHARLES COUNTY. 



OTHER AREAS IN ST. CHARLES AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND ST. LOUIS CITY 

PRONE TO FLOODING DURING HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY FLOOD AS WELL. 



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.



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