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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1013 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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

1013 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 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

SHOWERS ACROSS OVER THE WARNED AREA.  WHILE RAINFALL RATES ARE 

CURRENTLY LOW...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP 

OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOODING.  STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 

4 TO 7 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA AS 

OF THIS EVENING.



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



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 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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