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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

355 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 

UNTIL 430 AM CDT THIS FRIDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN NORTHERN DUPAGE 

AND NORTHERN COOK COUNTIES.



EVENING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 4 INCHES IN THAT AREA HAVE MADE 

MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE AND RESULTED IN FLOODING OF STREETS AND 

BASEMENTS EXTENDING FROM AROUND ELK GROVE VILLIAGE IN THE SUBURBS TO 

ROGERS PARK ALONG THE CHICAGO LAKESHORE.



WHILE RAIN HAS CEASED ACROSS THAT AREA...RUNOFF IS SLOW TO DRAIN AND 

MANY AREAS MAY REMAIN FLOODED TIL DAYBREAK. MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED 

TO BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED VIADUCTS OR ROAD CLOSURES LEFT OVER FROM 

THE OVERNIGHT FLOODING.







  

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