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ILC075-INC007-073-111-290700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

955 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

  SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT (200 AM EST)



* AT 955 PM CDT (955 PM EST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE              

  RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG         

  INTERSTATE 74 MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT     

  WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH    

  THESE STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING PRODUCED 1 TO 2   

  INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST IROQUOIS COUNTY EXTENDING   

  INTO THE THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF JASPER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST       

  INDIANA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN        

  BENTON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY. 



AT 900 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 

24 BETWEEN KENTLAND AND GOODLAND IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...AND ALONG 

ROUTE 41 JUST SOUTH OF KENTLAND.



* THE TOWNS OF 

MILFORD...WELLINGTON...RENSSELAER...MOROCCO...KENTLAND...FOWLER...AND

EARL PARK ARE IN THE AREA OF THE FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...AND WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADS.



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 4102 8719 4101 8694 4099 8696 4091 8704

      4085 8714 4050 8714 4050 8794 4102 8751

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