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Home Return to list Flash Flood Warning 0043 Issued by the Chicago Forecast Office
Action: New Issued At: 2026-08-09 17:54:29
026
WGUS53 KLOT 092254
FFWLOT
INC089-127-100100-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FF.W.0043.260809T2254Z-260810T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Chicago IL
554 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2026
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Eastern Lake IN County in northwestern Indiana...
Northwestern Porter County in northwestern Indiana...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 554 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate
is 1.5 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
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...
Portage, Chesterton, Lake Station, Porter, Burns Harbor, Ogden
Dunes and Dune Acres.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
Turn around, dont drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4163 8726 4164 8723 4164 8718 4166 8716
4166 8710 4167 8709 4167 8708 4168 8707
4169 8703 4155 8703 4155 8726
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
Doom
Action: Cancelled Issued At: 2026-08-09 19:19:02
573
WGUS73 KLOT 100018
FFSLOT
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
718 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2026
INC089-127-100028-
/O.CAN.KLOT.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-260810T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lake IN-Porter IN-
718 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN LAKE IN AND NORTHWESTERN PORTER
COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOOD ADVISORY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding impacts, including standing water
on roadways and flooding of low-lying areas, will linger into this
evening. Continue to heed any floodwater or remaining road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 4163 8726 4164 8723 4164 8718 4166 8716
4166 8710 4167 8709 4167 8708 4168 8707
4169 8703 4155 8703 4155 8726
$$
Doom
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