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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

929 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001



...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR...BOURBON 

AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...



AT 925 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR WALNUT AND GREENEBUSH IN 

WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. MODERATE TO HEAVY 

SHOWERS ALSO CONTINUED OVER WESTERN BOURBON COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8 AM BETWEEN HEPLER AND 

WALNUT IN NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY.  THESE AREAS RECEIVED 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

ADVISORY AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR 

FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...PITTSBURG...ARMA...CHEROKEE...FRONTENAC...GIRARD...HEPLER 

AND WALNUT.



MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON 

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LAT...LON 3738 9523 3732 9466 3802 9463 3804 9512



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