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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

546 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006



ILC105-100200-

LIVINGSTON IL-

546 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY...



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT.



AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE WEAKENED 

AND MOVED NORTH INTO SOUTHERN LASALLE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 

BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND HALF INCHES FELL BETWEEN 4 PM AND 5 PM.



BASIN TRIBUTARIES DRAINING INTO THE VERMILION RIVER...AS WELL AS 

MUD CREEK AND PRAIRIE CREEKS HAVE SEEN THE HEAVIEST RAINS.



AT 544 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 

1.85 INCHES 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STREATOR...IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4102 8893 4099 8863 4111 8859 4111 8894



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