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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

854 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

     NORTHEAST WILL...DUPAGE...AND SOUTHERN COOK.



AT 854 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED AND STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED 

RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. MUCH OF THIS 

RAIN FELL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...BETWEEN ONE AND TWO HOURS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ESPECIALLY 

ACROSS DUPAGE COUNTY.



ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED COVERING MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN 

WHEATON AT 835 PM CDT...AND WAS CLOSED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 



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

BASEMENTS MAY 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.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH 

FLOODED ROADS.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE...WHEATON...

NAPERVILLE...DOWNERS GROVE...MOKENA...ORLAND PARK...LEMONT...AND 

PALOS PARK.

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