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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

638 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

     EASTERN WILL



INCLUDING...

     UNIVERSITY PARK...MONEE AND BEECHER.



AT 630 PM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS VERY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING PONDING OF 

WATER THAT WAS FILLING THE INTERSTATE 57 MEDIAN...WITH THE WATER 

APPROACHING THE ROADWAY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN WILL COUNTY...WITH 3 TO 4 

INCHES BETWEEN PEOTONE AND BEECHER.  



RAPID FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS

WILL OCCUR. EVACUATE AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS. 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.



THE HEAVY RAIN WILL DIMINISH BY 715 PM...BUT CONTINUED FLOODING OF 

ROADS...SMALL STREAMS...AND FIELDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING 

AS THIS HEAVY RAIN RUNS OFF.

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