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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
658 AM CDT FRI APR 5 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA IL HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
PECATONICA RIVER AT FREEPORT AFFECTING STEPHENSON COUNTY.
.THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST BUT STILL RISING SLOWLY. IT WILL LIKELY
HOVER RIGHT BELOW OR RIGHT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY
TODAY AND INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/QUADCITIES.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY MORNING AT 700 AM CDT.
ILC177-061200-
/O.NEW.KDVN.FL.W.0007.240405T1200Z-240406T1400Z/
/FEEI2.1.ER.240405T1200Z.240405T1200Z.240406T0600Z.NO/
658 AM CDT FRI APR 5 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PECATONICA RIVER AT FREEPORT.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE. WATER AFFECTS LOW LYING
SECTIONS OF FREEPORT MAINLY EAST OF THE PECATONICA RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:30 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.9 FEET RISING VERY
SLOWLY.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 13.0
FEET THIS MORNING AND HOVER RIGHT ABOVE OR BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THROUGH THE DAY. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4250 8981 4250 8972 4233 8961 4235 8940
4227 8940 4224 8968
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