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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

600 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2001



THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 

600 AM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR LAKE...NORTHERN DUPAGE AND 

NORTHWEST COOK COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.   



ALTHOUGH MANY AREAS ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING ONGOING PONDING OF WATER 

IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...RADAR INDICATES THAT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE 

ADVISORY AREA HAS DIMINISHED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS.  



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

OVERNIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA.  EVENTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS 

DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY SINCE AROUND 400 AM THERE STILL WILL LIKELY 

BE RESIDUAL PONDING OF WATER ON SRTEETS...UNDERPASSES AND DRAINAGE 

AREAS INTO THIS MORNING/S RUSH HOUR.  MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL IN 

THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST SUBURBS THIS MORNING SHOULD PLAN ON EXTENDED 

TRAVEL TIMES. 





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