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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

700 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 1000 AM CDT/EST THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN ILLINOIS

     SOUTHERN LASALLE...SOUTHERN GRUNDY...AND KANKAKEE...



IN INDIANA

     JASPER



AT 700 AM RADAR INDICATED RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA.  

HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING OVER EASTERN KANKAKEE COUNTY 

AND ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA.  RAINFALL HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF 

FURTHER TO THE WEST ACROSS ILLINOIS.  THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE AND THE RAIN WILL BE DIMINISHING TO OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE 

ACROSS THE ENTIRE ADVISORY AREA BY 800 AM.  HOWEVER...RUNOFF OF 

RAINWATER WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS SO THE ADVISORY IS BEING 

EXTENDED UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.





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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