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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1032 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

     MCHENRY



IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     BOONE



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  WOODSTOCK

  UNION

  POPLAR GROVE

  MARENGO

  HEBRON

  HARVARD



AT 1027 PM CDT(1027 PM EST) WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BEEN MOVING OVER 

PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

NORTH OF A LINE FROM SPRING GROVE ILLINOIS TO BELVIDERE TO JUST EAST 

OF ROCKFORD ILLINOIS.  



SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS IN TOWNS AND IN RURAL LOCATIONS MAY 

HAVE STANDING WATER. SOME SMALL STREAMS MAY HAVE MINOR FLOODING. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...AND WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADS.



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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE.



$$

WILSON

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