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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1254 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KANKAKEE...LA SALLE...LIVINGSTON...

GRUNDY...IROQUOIS AND FORD COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR NEWTON...BENTON AND JASPER COUNTIES IN INDIANA 

CONTINUES...



AT 1254 PM CDT(1254 PM EST) SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL 

MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH OVER AN AREA FROM SOUTHERN LASALLE COUNTY 

ILLINOIS TO EASTERN JASPER AND BENTON COUNTIES IN INDIANA. THESE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL.  



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS UNDER WATER. 

SOME ROADS AND AREAS UNDER WATER WERE ROUTE 17 JUST WEST OF ROUTE 

23 IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY ILLINOIS AND 1 MILE SOUTH OF KENTLAND 

INDIANA AT ROUTE 41 AND ROUTE 52. 



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE 

ROUTE. A CAR OR SMALL TRUCK WILL FLOAT IN ABOUT 2 FEET OF 

WATER...EVEN A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. 



CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD GET AWAY FROM CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS AND 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  



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WILSON



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1254 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KANKAKEE...LA SALLE...LIVINGSTON...

GRUNDY...IROQUOIS AND FORD COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS CONTINUES. THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING FOR NEWTON...BENTON AND JASPER COUNTIES IN INDIANA 

CONTINUES...



AT 1254 PM CDT(1254 PM EST) SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL 

MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH OVER AN AREA FROM SOUTHERN LASALLE COUNTY 

ILLINOIS TO EASTERN JASPER AND BENTON COUNTIES IN INDIANA. THESE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL.  



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS UNDER WATER. 

SOME ROADS AND AREAS UNDER WATER WERE ROUTE 17 JUST WEST OF ROUTE 

23 IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY ILLINOIS AND 1 MILE SOUTH OF KENTLAND 

INDIANA AT ROUTE 41 AND ROUTE 52. 



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE 

ROUTE. A CAR OR SMALL TRUCK WILL FLOAT IN ABOUT 2 FEET OF 

WATER...EVEN A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. 



CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD GET AWAY FROM CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS AND 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  



&

$$

WILSON

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