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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
945 AM CDT SUN SEP 20 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 SOUTH HOLLAND, 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 LATE TONIGHT.
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945 AM CDT SUN SEP 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...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...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.5 FEET, MOST AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE LEVEE-PROTECTED
AREA ARE INUNDATED IN HAMMOND AND MUNSTER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO BRIEFLY RISE AND CREST TO
AROUND FLOOD STAGE OF 12.0 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING.
- 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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