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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

706 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

     NORTHEAST WILL...SOUTHEAST DUPAGE AND SOUTHERN COOK



AT 700 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED AND SPOTTERS REPORTED RAINFALL 

UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH 3.04 INCHES 

REPORTED AT OLYMPIA FIELDS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY AS NEW 

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THIS AREA.

 

RAPID FLOODING OF STREETS..UNDERPASSES..DRAINAGE AREAS AND BASEMENTS

WILL OCCUR. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN OR NEAR DRAINAGE OR

FLOODED AREAS.



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.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THIS ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE...

DOWNERS GROVE...DARIEN...PALOS PARK...ORLAND PARK...TINLEY 

PARK...OLYMPIA FIELDS...MOKENA...AND CRETE. 

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