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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1127 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



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

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...



AT 1125 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA.  THE HEAVIEST 

SHOWERS WERE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY.  

ALTHOUGH THE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE SOMEWHAT DIMINISHED...HOURLY 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE STILL 

LIKELY THROUGH 1230 PM.  THIS MAY FURTHER AGGRAVATE ANY STREET OR 

SMALL STREAM FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM DELTA TO 

CAPE GIRARDEAU.



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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