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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

745 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT TUESDAY/1245 AM CDT/...



* AT 744 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF BENTON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAIN IN IROQUOIS COUNTY WILL MOVE EAST INTO BENTON COUNTY WITHIN THE 

NEXT HOUR. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE. 

STREAMS WITHIN THE FAR SOUTHERN PORTION OF BENTON COUNTY WILL LIKELY 

EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES.



THIS REPLACES THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR BENTON 

COUNTY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS...CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS

AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE FLOWING WATER

COVERS THE ROAD.



MORE THAN HALF OF FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TWO FEET OF

FAST MOVING WATER CAN SWEEP VEHICLES...EVEN A PICKUP OR AN SUV...OFF

THE ROAD AND INTO A FLOOD SWOLLEN STREAM. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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LAT...LON 4048 8754 4074 8753 4073 8710 4048 8710

      4048 8753



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