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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1152 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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

1152 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 1151 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN AREA OF SHOWERS

ACROSS MAINLY LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. 



THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE WARNING AREA SHORTLY AFTER 

MIDNIGHT...THOUGH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN 

ILLINOIS AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS 

OF SUNDAY MORNING.



A TOTAL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA 

DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS...RESULTING IN FLOODING WHICH WILL CONTINUE 

OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE 

REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IKE MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS 

MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL OR RENEWED FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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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