Flood Warning

...The National Weather Service in Chicago IL has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Indiana...Illinois...

Little Calumet River at Munster (Hohman Avenue) affecting Cook and Lake IN Counties.

Thorn Creek at Thornton affecting Cook County.

For the Little Calumet River...including Munster (Hohman Avenue)... Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Thorn Creek from Near Glenwood downstream to confluence with Little Calumet River, including the Thornton gauge.

* WHEN...From late tonight to Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet, Water begins to be diverted through Thorn Creek Diversion Tunnel.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:15 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 5.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late tonight to a crest of just above 9 feet tomorrow morning or around midday. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 9.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood