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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

631 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 631 AM CDT...ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS NEWTON AND JASPER COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY 800 AM CDT.  



THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH THE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN 

WHICH HAS FALLEN OVER THESE COUNTIES SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...IS 

EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. 



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE

ROUTE. A CAR OR SMALL TRUCK INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS CAN BE SWEPT

AWAY BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF WATER.



CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD GET AWAY FROM CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS AND

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4115 8736 4096 8750 4091 8704 4120 8695

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