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WGUS73 KLOT 140155

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

855 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



ILC031-197-INC089-127-141230-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080914T1230Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

COOK IL-WILL IL-LAKE IN-PORTER IN-

855 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT SUNDAY

FOR PORTER...LAKE...EAST CENTRAL WILL AND SOUTHEASTERN COOK

COUNTIES...



AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AFFECTING THE WARNING AREA. WHILE RAINFALL 

RATES HAVE DIMINISHED...CONTINUED RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE RUNOFF 

FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF THE PAST 24 HOURS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED 

FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT 

INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE BEGIN TO 

AFFECT THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 4 TO 

7 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 

8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 

24 HOURS WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAZEL

CREST...LAKE STATION...THORNTON...SOUTH HOLLAND...PHOENIX...

MARKHAM...HARVEY...DOLTON...CALUMET CITY...BURNHAM...WHITING...TOWN

OF PINES...PORTER...PORTAGE...OGDEN DUNES...HAMMOND...GARY...EAST

CHICAGO...CHESTERTON...BURNS HARBOR AND BEVERLY SHORES



SOME STREAMS IN FLOOD INCLUDE...

HART DITCH IN MUNSTER...

LITTLE CALUMET RIVER IN MUNSTER...

BUTTERFIELD CREEK IN FLOSSMOOR...

DEER CREEK AT CHICAGO HEIGHTS...

THORN CREEK AT THORNTON...



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4133 8720 4130 8784 4151 8802 4160 8770

      4168 8752 4168 8741 4165 8740 4163 8728

      4166 8713 4170 8705 4170 8693 4140 8693



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000 

WGUS73 KLOT 140155

FFSLOT



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

855 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



ILC031-197-INC089-127-141230-

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080914T1230Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

COOK IL-WILL IL-LAKE IN-PORTER IN-

855 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT SUNDAY

FOR PORTER...LAKE...EAST CENTRAL WILL AND SOUTHEASTERN COOK

COUNTIES...



AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AFFECTING THE WARNING AREA. WHILE RAINFALL 

RATES HAVE DIMINISHED...CONTINUED RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE RUNOFF 

FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF THE PAST 24 HOURS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED 

FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT 

INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE BEGIN TO 

AFFECT THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 4 TO 

7 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 

8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 

24 HOURS WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAZEL

CREST...LAKE STATION...THORNTON...SOUTH HOLLAND...PHOENIX...

MARKHAM...HARVEY...DOLTON...CALUMET CITY...BURNHAM...WHITING...TOWN

OF PINES...PORTER...PORTAGE...OGDEN DUNES...HAMMOND...GARY...EAST

CHICAGO...CHESTERTON...BURNS HARBOR AND BEVERLY SHORES



SOME STREAMS IN FLOOD INCLUDE...

HART DITCH IN MUNSTER...

LITTLE CALUMET RIVER IN MUNSTER...

BUTTERFIELD CREEK IN FLOSSMOOR...

DEER CREEK AT CHICAGO HEIGHTS...

THORN CREEK AT THORNTON...



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4133 8720 4130 8784 4151 8802 4160 8770

      4168 8752 4168 8741 4165 8740 4163 8728

      4166 8713 4170 8705 4170 8693 4140 8693



$$



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