707  
WGUS83 KLOT 140534  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
134 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026  
 
INC007-140830-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.FA.Y.0111.260814T0534Z-260814T0830Z/  
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
BENTON IN-  
134 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 430 AM EDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ROADS AND  
STREETS MAY BE FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 133 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR  
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES  
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN, MOST OF THIS IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER  
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
FOWLER, OTTERBEIN, OXFORD, BOSWELL, AMBIA, SWANINGTON, TEMPLETON  
AND DUNNINGTON.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS MINOR FLOODING ALONG WATERWAYS AND OTHER POOR  
DRAINAGE AREAS IS IMMINENT OR MAY ALREADY BE OCCURRING. PERSONS IN  
THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE CAUTION AND AVOID FLOOD WATERS.  
 
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 4059 8753 4071 8710 4048 8709 4048 8753  
 
 
 
CARLAW  
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