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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

313 PM CDT WED SEP 13 2006



INC089-132030-

LAKE IN-

313 PM CDT WED SEP 13 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MUNSTER...

HIGHLAND...HAMMOND AND GARY



AT SOME LOCATIONS AROUND HIGHLAND AND GARY INDIANA THE WATER WAS 

WAIST DEEP ON MOST PEOPLE. ALONG HART DITCH AT MUNSTER THE RIVER 

HAS CRESTED AND WILL BEGIN TO FALL. THE LITTLE CALUMET RIVER AT 

MUNSTER INDIANA WILL CREST AT 15.5 FEET BY MIDNIGHT. SEE THE RIVER 

WARNING PRODUCT FOR THE LITTLE CALUMET RIVER. 



SOME UNOFFICIAL SCHOOL RAIN REPORTS WERE...HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL

HAD 5.40 INCHES OF RAIN...AND GARY HIGH SCHOOL HAD 3.81 INCHES OF 

RAIN. THESE WERE SINCE MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING. 



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. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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



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