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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

930 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

     SCOTT AND MISSISSIPPI



INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...         

     WYATT...SIKESTON...ORAN...MORLEY...EAST PRAIRIE...CHARLESTON...

     BENTON...AND ANNISTON



AT 925 AM CDT...SCOTT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NEARLY 

ONE FOOT OF WATER IN PLACES OVER HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN BENTON AND 

MORLEY. OTHER COUNTY ROADS WERE ALSO FLOODED...ESPECIALLY IN THE 

NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THE HEAVIEST OF THE 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF SCOTT 

COUNTY AND ACROSS MISSISSIPPI COUNTY. IN THE ADVISORY AREA...EXPECT 

ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 1130 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.

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