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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1031 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

     MERCER



SOME LOCATIONS IN THIS ADVISORY INCLUDE VIOLA...SHERRARD...

REYNOLDS...MATHERVILLE AND ALEDO.



AT 1031 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY

RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR 

OVER PARTS OF EASTERN MERCER COUNTY.  ALEDO ALREADY RECEIVED AN INCH 

OF RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING.  



ALTHOUGH THE GROUND MAY NOT ALREADY BE SATURATED IN MOST 

LOCATIONS...RAINFALL THIS HEAVY CAN CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF 

STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS.  IN ADDITION...FOR TOWNS IMMEDIATELY 

ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI...THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS IF LOCAL 

DRAINAGE HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY TEMPORARY LEVEES OR CLOSING OF STORM 

DRAIN SYSTEMS INTO THE RIVER. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO EVALUATE THE 

DEPTH OF THE WATER.



LAT...LON 4133 9044 4108 9047 4107 9093 4132 9096



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