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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
535 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

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535 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHWESTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HAS ESTIMATED
BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN WITHIN A TWO
HOUR SPAN FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.

SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS TO CREEKS RISING TO BANKFULL WILL
INCLUDE THE MOREAU RIVER JUST NORTHEAST OF WARDSVILLE...OR JUST
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSON CITY.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR...WHICH MAY
REQUIRE UPGRADING THIS TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE
ELEVATED OR PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR
IS IMMINENT.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3853 9227 3853 9209 3828 9208 3828 9216
      3829 9220 3833 9220 3833 9224 3832 9226
      3833 9228 3833 9235 3835 9240

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