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ILZ079-040200-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
705 PM CDT TUE SEP 3 2002

...HIGH WATER IS EXPECTED IN RURAL AREAS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS IN 
WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 705 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF RANDOLPH 
COUNTY BETWEEN KELLOGG AND CHESTER.  WHILE THESE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN AND DRIFT WEST...RADAR 
ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 500 PM IN THE 
AREA BETWEEN ROOTS AND KELLOGG AND IN THE KASKASKIA VICINITY.

PEOPLE LIVING OR TRAVELING OVER THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF RANDOLPH 
COUNTY SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN OR NEAR 
KELLOGG...ROOTS...MENARD...AND KASKASKIA.  

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 
HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES...AND COUNTRY ROADS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 
THE STORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RUN NEAR 
BANKFULL. SOME HIGH WATER CAN BE EXPECTED ON FARMLAND AND IN LOW 
LYING AREAS NEAR THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS
TO RUN NEAR BANKFULL. SOME HIGH WATER MAY BE FOUND ON COUNTRY ROADS
AND ON FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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