Flash Flood Warning

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR PORTER...LAKE...JASPER...NEWTON...KANKAKEE...NORTHERN IROQUOIS AND NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTIES... AT 1249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM WATSEKA TO VALPARAISO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST...WITH RAIN TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM CDT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NEWTON AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM CDT. ELSEWHERE...RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...DITCHES AND CREEKS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED STREETS AND VIADUCTS...AND VEHICLES STRANDED IN FLOOD WATERS...HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE KANKAKEE...BOURBONNAIS AND BRADLEY AREAS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUNNS BRIDGE...LINCOLN HILLS...BOONE GROVE...MALDEN...WHEELER...MANTENO... GRANT PARK...VALPARAISO...SCHERERVILLE...PORTAGE...MERRILLVILLE... LOWELL...KOUTS...HOBART...HEBRON...CROWN POINT...CHESTERTON...CEDAR LAKE 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE WATER ON THE ROAD OR JUDGE HOW DEEP IT IS.