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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

316 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT (900 PM EST) TUESDAY EVENING 

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS

     KANKAKEE...GRUNDY...LA SALLE...LIVINGSTON...IROQUOIS AND FORD.



IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

     NEWTON...BENTON AND JASPER.



AT 314 PM CDT (314 PM EST) LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL 

ROADS COVERED BY WATER WITH SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. 

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.



FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS

WILL CONTINUE. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS.



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 WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE.



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