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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

418 PM CST MON JAN 29 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR

SANGAMON COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM...



FROZEN AND SNOW COVERED GROUND HAS COMBINED WITH HEAVY TO

MODERATE RAINFALL TODAY TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT WATER RUNOFF THIS

AFTERNOON. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN RECEIVED OF ROADS

CLOSED BECAUSE OF STANDING WATER ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SANGAMON

COUNTY.



WATER IS ALSO BEING RELEASED FROM LAKE SPRINGFIELD DAM RESULTING IN

SIGNIFICANT RISES DOWNSTREAM ON SUGAR CREEK. WATER RELEASES ARE

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM. ONLY MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING

AREAS ADJACENT TO CREEK IS ANTICIPATED.



PERIODIC MODERATE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA

INTO THE EVENING HOURS WHICH COULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL

FLOODING.  IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON RURAL ROADS...

BE PREPARED FOR WATER. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS OR

UNDERPASSES.



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