933  
WGUS83 KLOT 020016  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
816 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
 
INC007-020130-  
/O.CON.KLOT.FA.W.0015.000000T0000Z-260802T0130Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
BENTON IN-  
816 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT THIS EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 PM EDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ROADS AND  
STREETS MAY BE FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 814 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
LIGHT TO AT TIMES MODERATE RAINFALL ONGOING AFTER VERY HEAVY  
RAINFALL OCCURRED EARLIER ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 5 INCHES  
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
OTTERBEIN AND TEMPLETON.  
- 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.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4048 8722 4060 8722 4060 8710 4048 8709  
 
 
 
OGOREK  
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