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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
116 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2026
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LAKE IN IN-
116 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR CENTRAL LAKE IN COUNTY...
AT 116 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN, MUCH OF IT IN THE PAST 1
TO 2 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
MULTIPLE ROADWAYS WITH WATER ON THEM IN CROWN POINT AND ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF LOWELL. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ONGOING IN PORTIONS OF THE
WARNED AREA.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...RAPID-ONSET FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, DRAINAGE
DITCHES, STREETS, UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING AREAS, AND
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
GARY, PORTAGE, MERRILLVILLE, SCHERERVILLE, HOBART, CROWN POINT,
HIGHLAND, CEDAR LAKE, LOWELL, GRIFFITH, ST. JOHN, LAKE STATION,
LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS, WINFIELD, NEW CHICAGO AND LAKE
DALECARLIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS RAPID-ONSET FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR MAY
ALREADY BE OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG CREEKS, DRAINAGE DITCHES, AND
OTHER WATERWAYS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
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 4164 8722 4141 8722 4134 8733 4126 8753
4140 8752 4164 8739
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
RC
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