FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
706 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
LEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
OGLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR...AND LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS...OCCURRING WITH A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING...WHICH SATURATED SOILS AND FILLED CREEKS AND DITCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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