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WGUS63 KLOT 021432
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
932 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE AFFECTING LAKE IL ZONE.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR DES PLAINES AFFECTING CENTRAL COOK AND
NORTHERN COOK ZONES.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR RUSSELL AFFECTING LAKE IL 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 LATE TONIGHT.
ILZ006-030845-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.A.0008.240403T1200Z-000000T0000Z/
/GUNI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
932 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM US-41 IN GURNEE DOWNSTREAM TO
TOWNLINE ROAD IN VERNON HILLS, INCLUDING THE GURNEE GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, WATER OVERTOPS LOW-LYING BANKS IN GURNEE.
AT 7.0 FEET, FOREST LAND INUNDATED NEAR THE RIVER IN GURNEE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISE OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS WITH A CREST JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE POSSIBLE BY
THURSDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4239 8796 4239 8787 4230 8791 4224 8788
4224 8797 4230 8800
ILZ103-104-030845-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.A.0009.240403T1800Z-240405T0600Z/
/DSPI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
932 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM PALATINE ROAD IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS
DOWNSTREAM TO IRVING PARK ROAD IN CHICAGO, INCLUDING THE DES
PLAINES GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, CAMP GROUND ROAD AND DES PLAINES RIVER
TRAIL THREATENED NEAR MINER STREET IN DES PLAINES.
AT 14.0 FEET, LOW-LYING METHODIST CAMPGROUND PROPERTY AND FOREST
PRESERVE PROPERTY THREATENED NEAR DES PLAINES.
AT 15.0 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED AT METHODIST CAMPGROUND IN DES
PLAINES. FOREST PRESERVE ROADWAYS ARE THREATENED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISE OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS WITH A CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4212 8794 4212 8784 4197 8780 4196 8790
ILZ006-030845-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.A.0010.240404T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/RUSI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
932 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM IL/WI STATE LINE DOWNSTREAM TO
US-41 IN GURNEE, INCLUDING THE RUSSELL GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, LOW-LYING WETLANDS AND AGRICULTURAL LAND IS
INUNDATED NEAR THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISE OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS WITH A CREST JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4251 8797 4250 8787 4247 8789 4239 8787
4239 8796 4247 8799
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