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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

852 AM CDT FRI JUL 20 2001



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

RANDOLPH COUNTY ILLINOIS UNTIL 1200 PM CDT...



AT 852 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COMPLEX OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS 

RANDOLPH COUNTY BY 1000 AM. THIS COMPLEX WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OR LESS. 



THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL THURSDAY WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS THAT 

ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. 



RESIDENTS OF RED BUD...SPARTA...EVANSVILLE...STEELEVILLE AND CHESTER 

SHOULD BE ALERT TO RISING WATER AND WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. 



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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JPK

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