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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

137 AM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...

  PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT...



* AT 128 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TRAINING  

  OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA...WITH RADAR RAINFALL      

  ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 3.5 INCHES OVER CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY AND          

  SOUTHERN PORTER COUNTY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DYER...

  WHEELER...N...PORTAGE...MUNSTER...HOBART...HIGHLAND...HAMMOND...

  GRIFFITH...GARY AND CHESTERTON



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR 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.



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 4137 8751 4163 8752 4159 8694 4100 8692



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