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WGUS63 KLOT 021501
FFALOT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1001 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
KISHWAUKEE RIVER NEAR PERRYVILLE 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.
ILZ003-030915-
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/PRYI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1001 AM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...KISHWAUKEE RIVER FROM CONFLUENCE WITH SOUTH BRANCH
KISHWAUKEE RIVER DOWNSTREAM TO THE ROCK RIVER, INCLUDING THE
PERRYVILLE GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, WATER OVERTOPS LOW-LYING BANKS IN
BLACKHAWK SPRINGS FOREST PRESERVE AND IN SOUTH ROCKFORD NEAR
CHICAGO ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TRAILS THREATENED AT
BLACKHAWK SPRINGS FOREST PRESERVE.
AT 13.0 FEET, ROADWAYS THREATENED AT BLACKHAWK VALLEY CAMPGROUND
SOUTH OF ROCKFORD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE BEGINNING LATER
TODAY. THE RIVER MAY RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4221 8910 4221 8903 4225 8898 4223 8893
4217 8899 4217 8916
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