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WGUS53 KLOT 251529
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ILC063-197-271515-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
929 AM CST THU JAN 25 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
AN ICE JAM BREAK IN...
EAST CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 915 AM CST SATURDAY.
* AT 929 AM CST, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THE BREAK UP OF AN
ICE JAM ON THE KANKAKEE RIVER NEAR WILMINGTON APPEARS TO BE
IMMINENT WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING DOWNSTREAM.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING FROM AN ICE JAM.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF STRUCTURES POSSIBLE. FLOODING OF
ADDITIONAL ROADS AND STREETS IS EXPECTED. SHIFTING ICE
AND DANGEROUS ICE FLOWS MAY DAMAGE STRUCTURES ALONG
THE SHORE.
AFTER ICE JAM BREAK UP, THE FLOOD WAVE WILL MOVE DOWN THE KANKAKEE
RIVER FROM WILMINGTON TO PHELAN ACRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS RAPID-ONSET FLOODING IS IMMINENT.
PERSONS ALONG THE LOWER KANKAKEE RIVER SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4139 8824 4138 8820 4136 8818 4133 8813
4129 8813 4128 8816 4131 8819 4133 8825
4136 8827 4139 8829
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
DK/WSL
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