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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

638 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2001



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

CHARITON COUNTY UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...



AT 623 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A LARGE 

AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

EXTENDING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI. RADAR

HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2.5 TO 3.0 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN

ACROSS NORTHERN CHARITON COUNTY HAS FALLEN THROUGH 6 AM. THIS

AMOUNT OF RAIN MAY CAUSE SMALLER TRIBUTARIES...AS WELL AS PORTIONS 

OF...SALT CREEK...ELK CREEK...AND THE MUSSEL AND MIDDLE FORKS OF THE 

CHARITION RIVER TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK RISES OR

TO REACH BANKFULL LEVELS.





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

WESTVILLE...BYNUMVILLE...MIKE...MENDON AND ROTHVILLE.



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. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3970 9329 3947 9327 3943 9322 3943 9319

          3942 9317 3942 9314 3940 9311 3932 9306

          3932 9298 3923 9285 3934 9280 3934 9276

          3933 9272 3970 9270



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