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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
859 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...ILLINOIS...
IROQUOIS RIVER AT RENSSELAER AFFECTING JASPER COUNTY.
IROQUOIS RIVER AT IROQUOIS AFFECTING NEWTON AND IROQUOIS COUNTIES.
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 LATE TONIGHT.
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859 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...IROQUOIS RIVER FROM NEAR RENSSELAER DOWNSTREAM TO NEAR
I-65 EAST OF FORESMAN, INCLUDING THE RENSSELAER GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, WATER OVERTOPS LOW-LYING BANKS NEAR
RENSSELAER.
AT 12.0 FEET, LOW-LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND INUNDATED. PARKING LOTS
THREATENED AT LAIRDS LANDING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY AND TONIGHT
AND MAY NEAR FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4094 8727 4100 8709 4091 8709 4085 8723
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859 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...IROQUOIS RIVER FROM NEAR US-41 DOWNSTREAM TO CONFLUENCE
WITH SUGAR CREEK AT WATSEKA, INCLUDING THE IROQUOIS GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL AREAS NEAR THE RIVER BEGIN TO
FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS WITH A CREST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE NEAR 19 FEET POSSIBLE BY
THURSDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4084 8774 4086 8749 4077 8746 4076 8779
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