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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1259 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN BENTON

AND NORTHERN HICKORY COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM...



AT 1255 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT SPRINGFIELD INDICATED

A CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS FROM ICONIUM TO

CROSS TIMBERS AND CLIMAX SPRINGS. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING

SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE

ADVISORY AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS NEAR

STREAMS...CREEKS...DITCHES...AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME

BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADWAYS MAY OCCUR.



OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS

MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RAIN LATER TONIGHT. THE ADVISORY MAY BE

UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN OCCURS.



IF TRAVELING THROUGH THIS AREA TONIGHT...USE EXTREME CAUTION. POMME

DE TERRE RIVER...TURKEY CREEK...DEER CREEK...AND STARKS CREEK WILL

SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES. IF CAMPING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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.



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