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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

200 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT/EST THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING 

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN ILLINOIS

     SOUTHERN LASALLE...SOUTHERN GRUNDY...KANKAKEE...LIVINGSTON...

     FORD...AND IROQUOIS.



IN INDIANA

     NEWTON...JASPER...AND BENTON.



AT 200 AM CDT/EST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

INCREASING AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  THIS RAIN AREA IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 

ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHERN LASALLE...LIVINGSTON AND 

FORD COUNTIES BY 300 AM CDT.   THE RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED TO 

OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY AREA BY 400 AM CDT/EST. 



THIS AREA IS SATURATED FROM YESTERDAY/S RAINFALL OF OVER 5 INCHES IN 

SOME AREAS.  ALTHOUGH FLOODING OF ROADWAYS HAS GENERALLY SUBSIDED... 

REPORTS INDICATE THAT SMALL STREAMS IN THE AREA REMAIN AT BANK 

FULL.  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO AGGREVATE THIS 

SITUATION AGAIN AND RENEW FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND PONDING OF 

WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY STAY TO THE SOUTH OF THE ADVISORY 

AREA.  HOWEVER...IF EXPECTED RAINFALL RATES INCREASE FURTHER THE 

ADVISORY MAY BE UPGRADED TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.   



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...AND WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADS.



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.



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