Flash Flood Warning for Lake, IN
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What you need to know
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What is happening
FFWLOT The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Lake IN County in northwestern Indiana... * Until 600 PM CDT. * At 157 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is...
What the bulletin says to do
A Flash Flood Warning means rapid-onset flooding is imminent or may already be occurring. Persons along creeks, drainage ditches, and other waterways should take immediate precautions to protect life and property.
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Bulletin details
FFWLOT The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Lake IN County in northwestern Indiana... * Until 600 PM CDT. * At 157 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Rapid-onset flooding of creeks, streams, drainage ditches, streets, underpasses, low-lying areas, and other poor drainage areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Hammond, Gary, Portage, Merrillville, East Chicago, Schererville, Hobart, Crown Point, Highland, Munster, Cedar Lake, Lowell, Griffith, Dyer, St. John, Lake Station, Lakes of the Four Seasons, Whiting, Winfield and New Chicago.
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Flash Flood Warning issued July 27 at 1:57PM CDT until July 27 at 6:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
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Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Chicago IL. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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