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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1226 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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NEWTON IN-JASPER IN-

1226 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN JASPER AND NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES...



AT 1226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...STRETCHING FROM NEAR 

STREATOR...TO KANKAKEE AND PEOTONE...TO MERRILLVILLE. THESE STORMS 

WERE MOVING TO THE EAST...AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHERN 

PORTIONS OF NEWTON AND JASPER COUNTIES AFTER 130 AM CDT. 



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND 

TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS FAR 

NORTHERN NEWTON AND JASPER COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE 

AREA FROM ILLINOIS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY UP TO AN ADDITIONAL TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THESE AREAS. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUND 

CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF NEWTON AND JASPER 

COUNTIES...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RUN OFF AND MAY LEAD 

TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4117 8754 4094 8754 4103 8693 4122 8694

      4128 8714 4123 8722 4117 8739

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