903
WGUS63 KLOT 020110
FFALOT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
810 PM CDT MON APR 1 2024
ILZ033-039-INZ010-011-019-020915-
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IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OXFORD, WATSEKA, MOROCCO, PAXTON, GIBSON
CITY, ROSELAWN, FOWLER, DEMOTTE, KENTLAND, GILMAN, AND RENSSELAER
810 PM CDT MON APR 1 2024 /910 PM EDT MON APR 1 2024/
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT TUESDAY
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, FORD AND IROQUOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BENTON, JASPER AND NEWTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 AM CDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY ELEVATED, INCREASING
THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING FROM ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS
MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR WITH
RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO LOCALLY OVER TWO INCHES POSSIBLE.
RECENT RAINFALL HAS LEFT STREAMS AND CREEKS ELEVATED AND THE
GROUND SATURATED, ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY
RESULT IN RUNOFF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING MEANS RAPID-ONSET FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE, BUT NOT YET CERTAIN, BASED UPON THE LATEST FORECASTS.
FLASH FLOODING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS WITH INTERESTS
ALONG AREA RIVERS, CREEKS, AND OTHER WATERWAYS SHOULD MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
- IZZI
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