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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1010 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     PUTNAM AND BUREAU



IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

     HENRY



AT 1005 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW 

MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 

ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

ADVISORY AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE 

APPROACHING THE ADVISORY AREA FROM THE WEST AND WILL ARRIVE IN 

WESTERN HENRY COUNTY BY 1045 AM.



SOME TOWNS AFFECTED INCLUDE...GALVA...HENNEPIN...KEWANEE...AND 

WOODHULL. THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ADVISORY AREA IS OF MOST CONCERN.



THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL...ADDITIONAL

HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...LEADING THE LIKELIHOOD

OF MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



PLEASE GIVE YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT...FOR RELAY 

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.



LAT...LON 4116 9044 4112 8916 4158 8920 4156 9017

          4145 9043



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