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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

702 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



ILC031-197-INC089-050130-

COOK IL-WILL IL-LAKE IN-

702 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN

LAKE...EAST CENTRAL WILL AND SOUTHEASTERN COOK COUNTIES...



AT 701 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY 

RAINFALL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MERRILLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT

15 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN HALF OF INCH ARE STILL 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 830 PM. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN UP TO THREE AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN 

INCH IN CRETE ILLINOIS. THERE ARE STILL REPORTS OF FLOODING ON 

SOME ROADS IN THE CRETE AREA. TWO AND ONE QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL OVER DWYER INDIANA. 



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.



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



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