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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

515 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR JERSEY...

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



THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT AFFECTED EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ENDED 

BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM.  DRAINAGE SYSTEMS HAVE NOW HAD TIME TO COLLECT 

THE RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS...AND AS A RESULT CONDITIONS ARE 

BEGINNING TO IMPROVE.



SHORTLY AFTER 5 AM CDT...THE JERSEY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 

THAT WATER WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE FROM AREA ROADS.    HOWEVER... 

BELTREES AND LOCKHAVEN ROADS REMAINED CLOSED...AND SEVERAL COUNTY 

ROADS STILL HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OF STANDING WATER.



IN BOTH SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY...AND IN MADISON COUNTY...NO 

FURTHER FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED.  HOWEVER...MOTORISTS SHOULD 

REMAIN ALERT...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING INTO AREAS THAT FREQUENTLY 

HAVE STANDING WATER DURING TIMES OF WET WEATHER.



THE LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT SEVERAL PERIODS OF 

LIGHT...TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 AM.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO

FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOUR

VEHICLE DOES STALL IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON IT AND MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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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