...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RAIN AND MELTING SNOW
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF RAINFALL SLOWLY EXITING THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH RADAR
ESTIMATING A HALF UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA THIS PAST AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS
EXITING...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS STILL
POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENING. THIS RAINFALL HAS COMBINED
WITH RAPID SNOWMELT ACROSS THE AREA PROVIDING RISES ON MANY AREA
STREAMS AND RIVERS...WITH MANY REPORTS OF ACCUMULATING WATER ON
FIELDS AND DITCHES NOW SPILLING ONTO AREA ROADWAYS. SHERIFF REPORTS
HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE MORE EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONSISTING OF
SOME LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAYS AND ROADS OBSERVING ONE TO TWO INCHES
OF STANDING WATER...COVERING THE ROADS IN LOCATIONS NEAR DITCHES OR
ADJACENT WATER COVERED FIELDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS... UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 4061 8846 4062 8858 4075 8859 4075 8894
4092 8894 4093 8905 4110 8905 4111 8917
4158 8917 4159 8964 4220 8970 4221 8940
4250 8940 4249 8779 4227 8782 4173 8752
4049 8753 4048 8793 4040 8793 4040 8846
