NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued August 1 at 9:30PM CDT until August 3 at 6:08PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Indiana...Illinois...
Little Calumet River at Munster (Hohman Avenue) affecting Lake IN
and Cook 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 occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Thorn Creek from near Glenwood downstream to confluence
with Little Calumet River, including the Thornton gauge.
* WHEN...Until Monday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.5 feet, Chicago Heights Glenwood Road threatened in
Glenwood. Residential parking lots threatened along Margaret Street
in Thornton.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 PM CDT Saturday, the stage was 11.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.6 feet
tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage Monday
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1830th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days