Subject: RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY.

From: "Obrien M. Roland" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:42:32 +0200

A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. INC045-121-157-165-171-221408- 1008 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2007 FORECAST INFORMATION FOR WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION. RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY.
AND ALONG THE LOWER WHITE RIVER IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE RIVER WILL FALL TO NEAR 12.
RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 35. HERE IS THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. ISOLATED STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR MCLEANSBORO. PRIVATE LEVEES MAY BE OVERTOPPED IN MANY CASES. INC045-121-157-165-171-221408- 1008 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2007 FORECAST INFORMATION FOR WABASH RIVER AT LAFAYETTE.
CRITICAL STAGE OF YOUNG-NEAL LEVEE IS REACHED. INC027-055-083-221408- 1008 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2007 FORECAST INFORMATION FOR WHITE RIVER AT NEWBERRY.
LAFAYETTE AND MUNCIE. CRITTENDEN AND UNION COUNTIES . PRIVATE LEVEES MAY BE OVERTOPPED IN MANY CASES. WATER LEVEL IS AT THE TOP OF MOST MAKESHIFT LEVEES. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MUCH OF THE LOWER WABASH RIVER THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. BACKYARD FLOODING OF COTTAGES ON RIGHT BANK STARTS A SHORT DISTANCE UPSTREAM OF GAGE. RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 35.
THE RIVER WILL GO BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY NIGHT AT EDWARDSPORT. A FEW RURAL ROADS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS CLOSE AS WATER BACKS UP MINNOW SLOUGH.
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH AFTER 9 AM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH, KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM MARION TO FORT WAYNE TO HILLSDALE INCLUDING NEARBY AREAS.