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WGUS63 KLOT 011824
FFALOT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
124 PM CDT MON APR 1 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
ILLINOIS RIVER AT OTTAWA AFFECTING LA SALLE ZONE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS WATER LEVELS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ARE POSSIBLE, BUT
NOT YET CERTAIN, BASED UPON THE LATEST FORECASTS. PERSONS ALONG
RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
THESE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AS WELL AS
FORECAST PRECIPITATION 24 HOURS INTO THE FUTURE. CHANGES TO THE
RAINFALL FORECAST, OR ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AFTER 24 HOURS, MAY
CAUSE CHANGES TO THESE RIVER FORECASTS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY TUESDAY MORNING.
ILZ019-021230-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.A.0003.240402T0600Z-000000T0000Z/
/OTWI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
124 PM CDT MON APR 1 2024
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...ILLINOIS RIVER FROM HERITAGE HARBOR EAST OF OTTAWA
DOWNSTREAM TO STARVED ROCK LOCK AND DAM, INCLUDING THE OTTAWA
GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 461.0 FEET, RIVER RESCUE BOAT DOCK INUNDATED IN
OTTAWA.
AT 462.5 FEET, ROADWAY ENTRANCE TO ALLEN PARK THREATENED IN
OTTAWA. ALLEN PARK WEST BOAT RAMP INUNDATED IN OTTAWA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:30 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 461.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER MAY CREST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 463.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4137 8898 4137 8879 4130 8879 4128 8899
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