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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

914 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001



...FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST

INDIANA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. RAIN HAS SPREAD  ACROSS MOST OF THE

REGION AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SOME AMOUNTS IN THE

SHOWERS WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL WERE HALF AN INCH IN WHEELING AND UP

TO NINE TENTHS OF AN INCH IN ROCKFORD.



THE GROUND IS FROZEN AND IN MANY AREAS SNOW COVERED. HEAVY RAIN

WILL MELT THE SNOW AND THE RUNOFF MAY PRODUCE FLOODING IN MANY

AREAS.



BE ALERT FOR OF PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG ROADS.

DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR

LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR UPDATES.



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