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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

325 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001



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

JERSEY...SOUTHERN MACOUPIN AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM CDT...



SINCE MIDNIGHT...POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF 

EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...IN SECTIONS OF JERSEY...MADISON...AND 

SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTIES.   ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF 

CONSIDERABLE SINCE 230 AM...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OF EARLIER 

TONIGHT IS CAUSING SOME ROADS TO FLOOD IN THESE AREAS



IN JERSEY COUNTY...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER COVERS COUNTY ROUTES 

109...100...16...AND 67.  SEVERAL OTHER ROADS ARE REPORTED 

CLOSED...INCLUDING BELTRESS RD...SALEM ROAD...AND LOCKHAVEN ROAD.



IN SOUTHWEST MACOUPIN COUNTY...ROAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN BOTH 

BRIGHTON AND SHIPMAN.



IN MADISON COUNTY...STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN BOTH 

COLLINSVILLE AND MARYVILLE.



LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL BE LINGERING ACROSS THE 

AREA THROUGH DAYBREAK.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD

CAREFULLY MONITOR WATER LEVELS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...CORRECTION TO 2ND PARAGRAPH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

325 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001



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

JERSEY...SOUTHERN MACOUPIN AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM CDT...



SINCE MIDNIGHT...POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF 

EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...IN SECTIONS OF JERSEY...MADISON...AND 

SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTIES.   ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF 

CONSIDERABLE SINCE 230 AM...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OF EARLIER 

TONIGHT IS CAUSING SOME ROADS TO FLOOD IN THESE AREAS



IN JERSEY COUNTY...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER COVERS COUNTY ROUTES 

109...100...16...AND 67.  SEVERAL OTHER ROADS ARE REPORTED 

CLOSED...INCLUDING BELTREES ROAD...SALEM ROAD...AND LOCKHAVEN ROAD.



IN SOUTHWEST MACOUPIN COUNTY...ROAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN BOTH 

BRIGHTON AND SHIPMAN.



IN MADISON COUNTY...STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN BOTH 

COLLINSVILLE AND MARYVILLE.



LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL BE LINGERING ACROSS THE 

AREA THROUGH DAYBREAK.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD

CAREFULLY MONITOR WATER LEVELS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



TRUETT

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