

000 

WGUS73 KLOT 100028

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

728 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006



ILC105-100200-

LIVINGSTON IL-

728 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006



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

NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY...



AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MCNABB TO ROANOKE...MOVING EAST AT 

15 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH NORTHWEST LIVINGSTON 

BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM CDT...WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THIS LINE. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO 

ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.



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

MUD CREEK AND PRAIRIE CREEK HAVE SEEN THE HEAVIEST RAINS.



AT 515 PM CDT...ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED ON ROUTE 17 SOUTH

OF READING.



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



$$

