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ILC057-095-123-143-169-175-250600-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

500 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 

MIDNIGHT CST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



  PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  STARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  

  CITIES TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...PEORIA...GALESBURG...RUSHVILLE...

  CHILLICOTHE...TOULON...LACON...LEWISTOWN AND CANTON.



AT 455 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WITH BETWEEN 1 AND 

2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 

HALF TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN DIMINISHES FROM 

THE WEST BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 

TOULON IN WESTERN STARK COUNTY WITH CREEKS NEAR BANKFUL. MORE 

WIDESPREAD URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING COULD DEVELOP THIS 

EVENING WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER.



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