117  
WGUS63 KLOT 020211  
FFALOT  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
911 PM CDT MON APR 1 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...INDIANA...  
 
ILLINOIS RIVER AT MORRIS AFFECTING LA SALLE AND GRUNDY COUNTIES.  
 
KANKAKEE RIVER AT DUNNS BRIDGE AFFECTING JASPER AND PORTER  
COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER (UPPER)...INCLUDING MORRIS...FLOODING IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
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 AFTERNOON.  
 

 
 
ILZ019-021-022015-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.A.0004.240402T1600Z-240404T1313Z/  
/MORI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
911 PM CDT MON APR 1 2024  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...ILLINOIS RIVER FROM KANKAKEE RIVER OUTLET AT CHANNAHON  
DOWNSTREAM TO HERITAGE HARBOR EAST OF OTTAWA, INCLUDING THE MORRIS  
GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, PINE BLUFF ROAD THREATENED WEST OF IL-47  
SOUTH OF MORRIS. DWIGHT ROAD THREATENED SOUTH OF MORRIS. HIGH  
WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO IMPACT SHIPPING INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:45 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED LATE TOMORROW MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4137 8879 4134 8860 4144 8822 4137 8820  
4126 8867 4130 8879  
 

 
 
INZ002-011-022015-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.A.0005.240404T0300Z-000000T0000Z/  
/DBRI3.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
911 PM CDT MON APR 1 2024  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...KANKAKEE RIVER FROM US-421 SOUTH OF LA CROSSE DOWNSTREAM  
TO IN-49 SOUTH OF KOUTS, INCLUDING THE DUNNS BRIDGE GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, LOW-LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND IS INUNDATED  
NEAR THE RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.4 FEET.  
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4128 8728 4132 8713 4129 8689 4121 8687  
4118 8697 4117 8725  
 

 
 
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