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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

1028 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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

1028 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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

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

AND EASTERN KANKAKEE COUNTIES...



AT 1016 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE LAST 

EVENING...WITH LOCAL TOTALS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES OR HIGHER.

  

EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED WATER COVERING THE ROAD NEAR THE 

INTERSECTION OF US 6 AND INDIANA 149...AND FLOODING IN A TRAILER 

PARK NEAR THIS INTERSECTION. A MUDSLIDE WAS COVERING COUNTY ROAD 

600N NORTHWEST OF VALPARAISO. 



RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN SOME PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...THOUGH 

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING INTO EARLY 

AFTERNOON.  THESE SHOWERS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO ADD SIGNIFICANTLY 

TO EXISTING TOTALS...THOUGH RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER SHOWERS WILL 

CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME.



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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