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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

125 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 300 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 115 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT OVER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS 

...WHICH SHOULD MOVE OVER THE ADVISORY AREA IN THE NEXT 2 HOURS.  

RADAR INDICATIONS ARE THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

OVER PORTIONS OF MERCER COUNTY TONIGHT.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP 

TO AN INCH AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE ADVISORY AREA IN THE 

NEXT 2 HOURS.  THUS...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING REMAINS 

POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA.



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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