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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

933 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-

933 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 925 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE AREA FROM STREATOR AND 

PONTIAC...EAST THROUGH THE SOUTH SUBURBS OF CHICAGO AND INTO 

VALPARAISO IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. 



RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS HAVE DIMINISHED IN THIS AREA BUT MANY CREEKS 

AND SMALL STREAMS ARE STILL FLOODING. SOME FLOODED STREAMS INCLUDE 

HART DITCH IN MUNSTER...LITTLE CALUMET RIVER IN MUNSTER...DEER CREEK 

AT CHICAGO HEIGHTS...AND BUTTERFIELD CREEK IN FLOSSMOOR. INTERSTATE 

94 WAS CLOSED BY FLOODING FROM CHESTERTON TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 

NORTHWEST INDIANA. MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED IN THE AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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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