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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1249 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

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LA SALLE IL-IROQUOIS IL-FORD IL-LIVINGSTON IL-GRUNDY IL-WILL IL-
KANKAKEE IL-JASPER IN-PORTER IN-LAKE IN-NEWTON IN-
1249 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 1247 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN
THE ADVISORY AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY ALREADY
FALLEN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MERRILLVILLE...VALPARAISO...HOBART...KANKAKEE...CROWN POINT...
OTTAWA...BOURBONNAIS...BRADLEY...ST. JOHN...STREATOR...MORRIS...
PONTIAC...CEDAR LAKE...PERU...LOWELL...MANTENO...MARSEILLES...
DWIGHT...PEOTONE AND DE MOTTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.