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WGUS63 KLOT 030159
FFALOT
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
859 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
..THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR DES PLAINES AFFECTING NORTHERN COOK AND
CENTRAL COOK ZONES.
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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859 PM CDT TUE APR 2 2024
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS 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 14.0 FEET, LOW-LYING METHODIST CAMPGROUND PROPERTY
AND FOREST PRESERVE PROPERTY THREATENED NEAR DES PLAINES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4212 8794 4212 8784 4197 8780 4196 8790
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