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WGUS53 KLOT 301706

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INC007-073-089-111-127-302000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1204 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

  JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

  PORTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT(300 PM EST)



* AT 1204 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING INTO THE 

WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED 

FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.



RAPID FLOODING OF STREETS..UNDERPASSES..DRAINAGE AREAS AND BASEMENTS

WILL OCCUR. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN OR NEAR DRAINAGE OR

FLOODED AREAS.



RAPID FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS

WILL OCCUR. EVACUATE AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS.



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

OFF A ROAD AND INTO A STREAM BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF WATER.



LAT...LON 4166 8698 4091 8708 4052 8715 4053 8750

          4164 8749

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