FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1028 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...ILLINOIS... LITTLE CALUMET RIVER AT MUNSTER AFFECTING LAKE COUNTY THORN CREEK AT THORNTON AFFECTING COOK COUNTY .HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE LITTLE CALUMET WATERSHED IS RESULTING IN RISES ON THE LITTLE CALUMET RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO. && INC089-100328- /O.NEW.KLOT.FL.W.0070.110609T1638Z-110610T1800Z/ 1028 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LITTLE CALUMET RIVER AT MUNSTER. * UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 845 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 13.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING.THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING.
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