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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
956 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
PECATONICA RIVER NEAR SHIRLAND AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
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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956 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PECATONICA RIVER FROM WINNEBAGO COUNTY LINE DOWNSTREAM TO
CONFLUENCE WITH THE ROCK RIVER, INCLUDING THE SHIRLAND GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF THE WINNEBAGO COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS ARE INUNDATED. LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF RIVERS EDGE
CAMPGROUND ARE INUNDATED EAST OF SHIRLAND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. THE RIVER MAY RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY
THURSDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4236 8940 4247 8922 4249 8909 4242 8907
4240 8917 4226 8940
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