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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

756 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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

756 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 750 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

SINCE LAST EVENING. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

NORTHEAST KANKAKEE COUNTY THROUGH MUCH OF LAKE COUNTY INDIANA AND 

INTO NORTHERN PORTER COUNTY INDIANA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING BEFORE 

THE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. RUNOFF FROM THIS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.



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



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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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