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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

915 PM CST/1015 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2001



A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR NORTHEAST

ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.



AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST

OVER THE AREA. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM 11

PM TO 1 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH PER

HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD PRODUCE SOME LOCAL FLOODING

ESPECIALLY AROUND CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...AND LOW LYING

AREAS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER TONIGHT

BRINGING IN MUCH DRIER AIR. 



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT

UNTIL 1030 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:



IN ILLINOIS: 

LIVINGSTON...FORD...IROQUOIS...KANKAKEE...WILL...SOUTHERN

COOK.



IN INDIANA:

LAKE...PORTER...NEWTON...JASPER...BENTON





THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS:

GRUNDY...LASALLE...LIVINGSTON

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