746
WGUS83 KLOT 220807
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
307 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2026
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COOK IL-LAKE IN IN-PORTER IN-
307 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, COOK AND NORTHWEST INDIANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, LAKE IN AND PORTER.
* WHEN...UNTIL 615 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING
MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. UNDERPASSES MAY BE
FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 301 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAINFALL WAS
ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. IN SPITE OF THIS, RUNOFF FROM
THE 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL ACORSS THE AREA ON
SUNDAY HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND
CREEKS, WITH SEVERAL GAUGES INDICATING THAT FLOODING IS
ONGOING. THIS IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE ALONG THE PORTIONS OF
THE LITTLE CALUMET, THORN CREEK, BUTTERFIELD CREEK, DEER
CREEK, LANSING DITCH AND HART DITCH.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHICAGO, HAMMOND, GARY, TINLEY PARK, CALUMET CITY, PORTAGE,
MERRILLVILLE, VALPARAISO, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ROSELAND, EAST
CHICAGO, SCHERERVILLE, HOBART, LANSING, OAK FOREST, HARVEY,
HIGHLAND, BLUE ISLAND, MUNSTER AND DOLTON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR MAY ALREADY BE
OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG RIVERS, CREEKS, AND OTHER WATERWAYS SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4164 8778 4172 8751 4169 8746 4169 8741
4167 8739 4166 8740 4163 8728 4164 8719
4166 8714 4166 8710 4172 8695 4172 8692
4171 8693 4152 8693 4148 8721 4147 8779
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