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WGUS83 KLOT 140819  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
419 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026  
 
INC007-141030-  
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BENTON IN-  
419 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT THIS MORNING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 630 AM EDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ROADS AND  
STREETS MAY BE FLOODED. HIGH WATER LIKELY MAY RECEDE SLOWLY FROM  
FLOODED AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 417 AM EDT, MINOR FLOODING IS LIKELY ONGOING DUE TO EARLIER  
HEAVY RAINFALL. RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES INDICATE UP TO 3  
INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITH EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE  
AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED MINOR  
FLOODING IN THE AREA. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE  
AREA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 445 AM.  
- 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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