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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1040 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 

MISSISSIPPI COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR SCOTT 

COUNTY...



AT 1035 AM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. 

THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY...WHERE UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 AM.



AT 1040 AM...SCOTT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATED THE WATER 

PROBLEMS ALONG HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN BENTON AND MORLEY WERE QUICKLY 

IMPROVING. IN ADDITION...THEY HAVE RECEIVED NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF 

FLOODED ROADWAYS WITHIN THE COUNTY. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVER SCOTT COUNTY FOR THE REST OF THE 

MORNING. THUS...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN 

CANCELED THERE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY 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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