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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

824 AM CST/924 AM EST FRI FEB 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND

NORTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 



A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM HAS PRODUCED GENERALLY AN INCH TO AN INCH

AND A HALF OF RAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS SINCE LATE

THURSDAY...WHILE AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND NORTHWEST INDIANA

COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED AROUND A HALF INCH OF RAIN. MORE RAINFALL IS

LIKELY TODAY AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA. 



A COMBINATION OF THE NEW RAINFALL...SATURATED OR FROZEN SOIL

CONDITIONS...AND MELTING OF RECENT SNOW COVER...HAS RESULTED IN

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...LOW AREAS AND VIADUCTS.



PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO

RISING WATER. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...AND REMEMBER NEVER

TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED BY FLOWING WATER.



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