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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

600 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...KANKAKEE...LIVINGSTON... 

IROQUOIS...FORD...JASPER...NEWTON AND BENTON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM 

CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON...



AS OF 545 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATED 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS THE FLOOD WATCH AREA SO FAR TODAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH PERIODS OF  

HEAVIER RAIN...AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECTED FROM MID 

EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...MAINLY FROM 800 PM TO 400 AM. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLOOD 

WATCH AREA TONIGHT...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES.       



AS THE RAINFALL INTENSITY INCREASES THIS EVENING...THE GROUND WILL 

LIKELY BECOME SATURATED IN SOME AREAS.  THIS WILL RESULT IN A 

HEIGHTENED THREAT OF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...DITCHES AND SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.  



IF YOU LIVE IN KANKAKEE...LIVINGSTON...IROQUOIS...FORD...JASPER... 

NEWTON OR BENTON COUNTY AND ARE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING DURING 

HEAVY RAINS...YOU SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE 

QUICK ACTION IN CASE FLOODING OCCURS.  



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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