Flash Flood Warning

FFWLOT

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Lake County in northwestern Indiana...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 435 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing rainfall rates exceeding to 3 inches per hour moving into the area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly after the onset of rainfall.

HAZARD...Flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar.

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.