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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

534 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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KANKAKEE IL-WILL IL-NEWTON IN-JASPER IN-LAKE IN-PORTER IN-

534 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT THURSDAY

FOR PORTER...LAKE...NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...EAST CENTRAL

WILL AND EASTERN KANKAKEE COUNTIES...



AT 528 AM CDT...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED IN 

INTENSITY ACROSS THE FLOOD WARNED AREA. YET SOME STILL PERSIST 

ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE TO CENTRAL PORTER COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 

PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT INCLUDE 4 TO 6 INCHES IN 

NORTHERN PORTER COUNTY...3 TO 5 INCHES IN CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY AND 

NORTHERN KANKAKEE COUNTY...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES IN EASTERN WILL COUNTY.



FLOOD WATERS WILL TAKE HOURS TO RECEDE. AN END TO THE RAIN DOES NOT 

MEAN AN IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LINCOLN

HILLS...WHEELER...MONEE...CRETE...VALPARAISO...SCHERERVILLE...

PORTAGE...MERRILLVILLE...HOBART...CROWN POINT...CHESTERTON AND

BEVERLY SHORES



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CHICAGO.



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.



LAT...LON 4103 8795 4136 8802 4147 8767 4147 8753

      4152 8753 4170 8694 4123 8693



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