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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

350 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



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JASPER IN-LAKE IN-PORTER IN-

350 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN PORTER...LAKE AND NORTHERN JASPER COUNTIES...



AT 349 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 

2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLIER THIS 

MORNING.  ALTHOUGH RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THIS 

REGION...IT WILL TAKE A FEW HOURS FOR THE HIGH WATERS TO RECEDE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LINCOLN

HILLS...BOONE GROVE...MALDEN...WHEELER...VALPARAISO...

SCHERERVILLE...MERRILLVILLE...LOWELL...LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS...

KOUTS...HEBRON...DYER...CROWN POINT AND

CEDAR LAKE



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4121 8694 4122 8728 4119 8737 4119 8742

      4120 8753 4151 8753 4152 8693

TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 180DEG 0KT 4125 8740



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