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WGUS43 KLOT 050050
FLWLOT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
750 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...INDIANA...
LITTLE CALUMET RIVER AT MUNSTER (HOHMAN AVENUE) AFFECTING LAKE IN
AND COOK COUNTIES.
FOR THE LITTLE CALUMET RIVER...INCLUDING MUNSTER (HOHMAN AVENUE)...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS WATER LEVELS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ARE IMMINENT OR
MAY ALREADY BE OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE
WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
THESE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AS WELL AS
FORECAST PRECIPITATION 24 HOURS INTO THE FUTURE. CHANGES TO THE
RAINFALL FORECAST, OR ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AFTER 24 HOURS, MAY
CAUSE CHANGES TO THESE RIVER FORECASTS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
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750 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...LITTLE CALUMET RIVER FROM IN-912 IN HAMMOND DOWNSTREAM TO
CONFLUENCE WITH THORN CREEK IN SOUTH HOLLAND, INCLUDING THE
MUNSTER (HOHMAN AVENUE) GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.5 FEET, MOST AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE LEVEE-PROTECTED
AREA ARE INUNDATED IN HAMMOND AND MUNSTER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER HAS RAPIDLY ROSE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.9
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT IS THEN EXPECTED TO FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4163 8756 4159 8740 4153 8743 4157 8758
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