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WGUS63 KLOT 030139
FFALOT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
839 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
..THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA
ILLINOIS...
IROQUOIS RIVER AT IROQUOIS AFFECTING IROQUOIS AND NEWTON COUNTIES.
FOR THE IROQUOIS RIVER...INCLUDING IROQUOIS...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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
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839 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO LATE SATURDAY
MORNING...
* 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 EVENING TO LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL AREAS NEAR THE RIVER BEGIN TO
FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
- 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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