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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

535 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEAST COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  EASTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  NORTHERN HALF OF LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 531 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST. JOHN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  GRIFFITH...CROWN POINT...MERRILLVILLE...GARY...HOBART...NEW CHICAGO

  AND LAKE STATION.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH IN LOCAL AREAS ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST JOHN IS MOVING EAST. TRAINED SPOTTERS AND 

FROM WILL COUNTY ILLINOIS AND LAKE COUNTY INDIANA HAVE REPORTED 

FLOODING OF NUMEROUS ROADS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IT WILL BE AT 

LEAST THREE HOURS BEFORE SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS DRAIN. 



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

ROMEOVILLE.



LAT...LON 4132 8771 4130 8725 4161 8725 4165 8769



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WILSON

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

535 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEAST COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  EASTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

  NORTHERN HALF OF LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 531 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST. JOHN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  GRIFFITH...CROWN POINT...MERRILLVILLE...GARY...HOBART...NEW CHICAGO

  AND LAKE STATION.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH IN LOCAL AREAS ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST JOHN IS MOVING EAST. TRAINED SPOTTERS AND 

FROM WILL COUNTY ILLINOIS HAVE REPORTED FLOODING OF NUMEROUS ROADS 

AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IT WILL BE AT LEAST THREE HOURS BEFORE SOME 

ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS DRAIN. 



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

ROMEOVILLE.



LAT...LON 4132 8771 4130 8725 4161 8725 4165 8769



$$



WILSON

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