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WGUS83 KLOT 200959
FLSLOT
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
459 AM CDT SUN SEP 20 2026
ILC091-197-INC073-089-111-127-201300-
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KANKAKEE IL-WILL IL-JASPER IN-LAKE IN-NEWTON IN-PORTER IN-
459 AM CDT SUN SEP 20 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
LAKE IN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING
MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. ROADS AND STREETS MAY
BE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 457 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
- 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...
HAMMOND, GARY, PORTAGE, MERRILLVILLE, VALPARAISO, EAST CHICAGO,
SCHERERVILLE, HOBART, KANKAKEE, CROWN POINT, HIGHLAND, MUNSTER,
PARK FOREST, BOURBONNAIS, BRADLEY, CHESTERTON, CEDAR LAKE,
STEGER, LOWELL, MANTENO, PEOTONE, DEMOTTE AND HEBRON.
- 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.
LAT...LON 4100 8803 4147 8800 4147 8752 4172 8751
4169 8746 4169 8740 4168 8738 4166 8740
4164 8737 4163 8729 4164 8718 4172 8695
4172 8693 4101 8693
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