Oak Forest, IL Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

* 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...From this evening to Thursday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, 187th Street threatened in Glenwood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:30 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 9.6 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 10.7 feet
just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage
late Thursday morning.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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