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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

900 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM WEDNESDAY 

MORNING FOR LA SALLE...GRUNDY...KANKAKEE...LIVINGSTON...FORD...

IROQUOIS...NEWTON...JASPER...AND BENTON COUNTIES.

 

NO RAINFALL WAS IMMINENT ACROSS THE AREA AT 900 PM THIS EVENING. 

HOWEVER STORM DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN MISSOURI IS MOVING INTO 

SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WILL LIKELY SHIFT EAST ACROSS NORTHERN AND 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. THIS RAIN WILL PROBABLY REACH THE 

MENTIONED WATCH AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER 

FLOODING WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...PROMPTING A CONTINUATION OF THE 

FLASH FLOOD WATCH.



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WAS ISSUED EARLIER FOR THIS 

SAME AREA AND IS EXPIRED AS OF 900 PM. THIS ADVISORY WAS ISSUED FOR 

EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALLS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES TODAY.  WHILE MOST OF THE 

STANDING WATER HAS SUBSIDED...THERE MAY REMAIN SOME AREAS OF 

STANDING WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS. MOTORISTS REMAIN 

CAUTIONED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.



BRUMER



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