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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

215 PM CST MON FEB 26 2001



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF SUGAR CREEK UNTIL 10 

PM CST...



A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUGAR CREEK 

DOWNSTREAM OF THE LAKE SPRINGFIELD DAM. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 10 PM.



TWO GATES ARE OPEN AT THE LAKE SPRINGFIELD DAM. WATER IS BEING 

RELEASED FROM LAKE SPRINGFIELD AND THIS ADDITIONAL WATER WILL CAUSE 

RISES ON SUGAR CREEK DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM WITH MINOR FLOODING 

EXPECTED. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE 2 INCHES OF HEAVY RAINS RECEIVED 

SATURDAY COMBINED WITH ICE STILL REMAINING ON LAKE SPRINGFIELD 

LOCATED BY THE SOUTHEAST SUBURBS OF SPRINGFIELD. 



RESIDENTS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE LAKE SPRINGFIELD DAM ON SUGAR CREEK 

NEED TO BE ALERT TO FLOODING. SHOULD RISING WATER AFFECT YOUR AREA

...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY.



STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THE FLOODING INTO THIS EVENING.



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