Flash Flood Warning

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR PORTER...LAKE...NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...EAST CENTRAL WILL AND EASTERN KANKAKEE COUNTIES... AT 750 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE LAST EVENING. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NORTHEAST KANKAKEE COUNTY THROUGH MUCH OF LAKE COUNTY INDIANA AND INTO NORTHERN PORTER COUNTY INDIANA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. RUNOFF FROM THIS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LINCOLN HILLS...WHEELER...MONEE...CRETE...VALPARAISO...SCHERERVILLE... PORTAGE...MERRILLVILLE...HOBART...CROWN POINT...CHESTERTON AND BEVERLY SHORES A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. MORE THAN HALF OF FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TWO FEET OF FAST MOVING WATER CAN SWEEP VEHICLES...EVEN A PICKUP OR AN SUV...OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A FLOOD SWOLLEN STREAM. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.