FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1130 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 530 AM CST FRIDAY
* AT 1126 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED MINOR FLOODING
OCCURRING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. MUCH OF THIS MINOR FLOODING IS
IN THE FORM OF EITHER POOR DRAINAGE IN URBANIZED AREAS...LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...AND CREEKS AND STREAMS AT OR JUST ABOVE BANKFULL WITH
PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN FALLING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY HAVE RANGED
FROM NEARLY ONE INCH TO OVER ONE AND A HALF INCHES AND THIS IS ON
TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL OVER THE
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...
AFFTON...ALTON...ANTONIA...ARNOLD...BALLWIN...BARNHART...
BEL-RIDGE...BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS...BELLEVILLE...BERKELEY...
BETHALTO...BLACK JACK...BREESE...BRENTWOOD...BRIDGETON...BYRNES
MILL...CAHOKIA...CARLINVILLE...CARLYLE...CASEYVILLE...CEDAR HILL...
CENTRALIA...CENTREVILLE...CHESTERFIELD...CLARKSON VALLEY...
CLAYTON...COLLINSVILLE...COLUMBIA...COOL VALLEY AND COTTLEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT OF ONE
QUARTER INCH OR LESS...AND THIS SHOULD NOT RESULT IN SERIOUS
FLOODING BUT RATHER MAINTAIN THE NUISANCE MINOR FLOODING THAT IS
OCCURRING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH
ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. ALSO BE AWARE THAT MOST
DEATHS FROM FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES 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 IN ST
LOUIS.
LAT...LON 3847 8914 3822 8915 3822 9004 3813 9004
3801 9062 3821 9078 3863 9074 3856 9097
3889 9096 3894 9067 3925 9074 3940 9094
3939 9062 3953 9057 3953 8955 3936 8953
3935 8914 3922 8913 3921 8880 3848 8870
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