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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1015 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     LA SALLE

     NORTHERN LIVINGSTON



INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

     STREATOR...SENECA...PERU...OTTAWA...OGLESBY...

     NORTH UTICA...LA SALLE...AND BLACKSTONE



HEAVY RAINS FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO MID MORNING HAS RANGED FROM 2 

TO 4 INCHES ACROSS LA SALLE AND PARTS OF NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. 

MANY ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE FLOODED WITH SOME URBAN AREAS 

REPORTING STREET FLOODING.



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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