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WGUS53 KLOT 131545

FFWLOT

INC089-131745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1042 AM CDT WED SEP 13 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCHERERVILLE...MUNSTER...

  MERRILLVILLE...HIGHLAND...HAMMOND...GRIFFITH...GARY



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1035 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE GARY...HIGHLAND...AND 

GRIFFITH AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY...AND ARE LIKELY TO 

EXACERBATE ONGOING STREET FLOODING.



REPORTS FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

INDICATE WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING WITH 4 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER ON 

ROADWAYS. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL WORSEN THIS SITUATION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS...AND POSSIBLY 

LOW LYING STRUCTURES.



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.



LAT...LON 4145 8752 4145 8733 4163 8729 4163 8751



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HANDEL

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000 

WGUS53 KLOT 131545

FFWLOT

INC089-131745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1042 AM CDT WED SEP 13 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROMEOVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCHERERVILLE...MUNSTER...

  MERRILLVILLE...HIGHLAND...HAMMOND...GRIFFITH...GARY



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1035 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE GARY...HIGHLAND...AND 

GRIFFITH AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY...AND ARE LIKELY TO 

EXACERBATE ONGOING STREET FLOODING.



REPORTS FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

INDICATE WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING WITH 4 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER ON 

ROADWAYS. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL WORSEN THIS SITUATION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS...AND POSSIBLY 

LOW LYING STRUCTURES.



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.



LAT...LON 4145 8752 4145 8733 4163 8729 4163 8751



$$



HANDEL

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