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WGUS83 KLOT 170704
FLSLOT
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
204 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
ILC091-197-INC073-089-111-127-171000-
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KANKAKEE IL-WILL IL-JASPER IN-LAKE IN IN-NEWTON IN-PORTER IN-
204 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, KANKAKEE AND WILL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, JASPER, LAKE IN, NEWTON AND PORTER.
* WHEN...UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ROADS
AND STREETS MAY BE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 203 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAIN
PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA.
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACCORDING TO RADAR
ESTIMATES.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST RAIN RATES. RUNOFF
FROM THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MERRILLVILLE, SCHERERVILLE, CROWN POINT, PARK FOREST, CEDAR
LAKE, STEGER, LOWELL, RENSSELAER, DEMOTTE, HEBRON, MOROCCO,
WHEATFIELD, LAKE VILLAGE, DYER, ST. JOHN, RICHTON PARK,
CRETE, UNIVERSITY PARK, LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS AND MONEE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4147 8752 4141 8693 4091 8693 4091 8699
4084 8699 4084 8727 4100 8753 4129 8773
4147 8779
RC
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