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ILZ064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ065-074-075-120300-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
722 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

...HIGH WATER IS EXPECTED IN URBAN AREAS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS IN 
RANDOLPH...WASHINGTON...MONROE...ST. CLAIR...CLINTON...MARION... 
MADISON...BOND...FAYETTE...ST. FRANCOIS...STE. GENEVIEVE AND 
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A WIDESPREAD AREA OF 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 
SINCE 4 PM.  THE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF 1 TO 3 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR LEBANON ILLINOIS TO NEAR PARK 
HILLS MISSOURI.  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS WERE OBSERVED NEAR 
STEELVILLE AND SPARTA ILLINOIS.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE 
REPORTING SOME WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

AT 7120 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY 
RAINFALL ALONG A LINE FROM VANDALIA ILLINOIS THROUGH CARLYLE TO NEAR 
SPARTA.  THIS BAND WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS PARTS OF BOND...FAYETTE... 
MARION...CLINTON...WASHINGTON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM.  
SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH 
THESE STORMS.     

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS... 
UNDERPASSES...AND COUNTRY ROADS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE 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.

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BRITT