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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1024 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON CDT FOR LIVINGSTON... 

FORD...AND IROQUOIS COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS AND BENTON AND SOUTHERN 

NEWTON COUNTIES IN INDIANA...



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN 

LA SALLE...SOUTHERN GRUNDY AND KANKAKEE COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS AND 

JASPER COUNTY IN INDIANA EXPIRED AT 1000 AM CDT...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LIVINGSTON...FORD...

IROQUOIS...LA SALLE...GRUNDY...AND KANKAKEE COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS AND 

NEWTON...JASPER AND BENTON COUNTIES IN INDIANA...HAS BEEN CANCELED.



AT 1020 AM CDT (1020 AM EST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR 

INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT 

OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS 

MORNING...THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED AND THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



HOWEVER...WATER STILL COVERS SEVERAL ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MANY 

ROADS REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE 

AT BANKFULL AND IN SOME CASES ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. RAINFALL 

REPORTS AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT RAINFALL IN SOME 

PLACES HAS EXCEEDED 6 INCHES OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS. THIS WATER WILL 

SLOWLY SUBSIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 

LIVINGSTON...FORD...AND IROQUOIS COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS AND BENTON AND 

SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES IN INDIANA...CONTINUES UNTIL NOON CDT...EST 

TODAY. 



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.



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