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WGUS53 KLOT 132043

FFWLOT

INC089-132345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

338 PM 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...MUNSTER...MUNSTER...

  HIGHLAND...HAMMOND AND GARY

  

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* 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. 



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.



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. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 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.



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 4162 8729 4163 8751



$$



WILSON

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000 

WGUS53 KLOT 132043

FFWLOT

INC089-132345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

338 PM 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...MUNSTER...MUNSTER...

  HIGHLAND...HAMMOND AND GARY

  

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* 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. 



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.



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. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 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.



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 4162 8729 4163 8751



$$



WILSON

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