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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

832 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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COOK IL-LIVINGSTON IL-GRUNDY IL-KANKAKEE IL-KENDALL IL-WILL IL-

LA SALLE IL-LAKE IN-PORTER IN-

832 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR

PORTER...LAKE...SOUTHERN LA SALLE...WILL...SOUTHEASTERN KENDALL...

NORTHERN KANKAKEE...GRUNDY...NORTHERN LIVINGSTON AND SOUTHEASTERN

COOK COUNTIES...



AT 830 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE AREA FROM STREATOR AND PONTIAC 

EAST THROUGH THE SOUTH SUBURBS OF CHICAGO INTO GARY AND VALPARAISO 

IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2.5 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THIS 

AREA. RAIN HAS DIMINISHED FROM LIVINGSTON COUNTY EAST TO THE INDIANA 

STATE LINE BUT SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA. ANOTHER HALF 

INTO TO AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF LAKE AND PORTER 

COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH 930 AM. HART DITCH IN MUNSTER 

WAS FLOODING. MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED IN THE AREA. 



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

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



LAT...LON 4104 8818 4075 8889 4076 8895 4091 8895

      4093 8907 4110 8908 4112 8919 4182 8758

      4169 8748 4169 8741 4166 8741 4164 8736

      4164 8720 4172 8693 4136 8693



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