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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

222 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR KANKAKEE...

LA SALLE...LIVINGSTON...GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...AND FORD COUNTIES IN 

ILLINOIS AND NEWTON...BENTON...AND JASPER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. 



AT 220 PM CDT (220 PM EST) MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.



ALTHOUGH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED FOR NOW...

FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS CREEKS...STREAMS AND 

RIVERS CONTINUE TO DRAIN FROM THE RAIN THIS MORNING AND THIS 

AFTERNOON.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE 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 

IN BENTON COUNTY 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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