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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
815 PM CST FRI JAN 26 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
AN ICE JAM BREAK IN...
EAST CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 915 AM CST SATURDAY.
* AT 815 PM CST, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RIVER GAUGE DATA INDICATE
THE LARGE ICE JAM NEAR THE I-55 BRIDGE ON THE KANKAKEE RIVER HAS
BROKEN. LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM OF THE I-55 BRIDGE MAY
SEE A RAPID 3 TO 5 FT RISE IN RIVER LEVELS UP TO THE CONFLUENCE
WITH THE ILLINOIS RIVER.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING FROM AN ICE JAM.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IMPACT...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS NEAR THE ICE
JAM.
AFTER ICE JAM BREAK UP, THE FLOOD WAVE WILL MOVE DOWN THE KANKAKEE
RIVER FROM WILMINGTON TO PHELAN ACRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS RAPID-ONSET FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR MAY
ALREADY BE OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG CREEKS, DRAINAGE DITCHES, AND
OTHER WATERWAYS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
DURING FLOODING, RAPIDLY-MOVING WATER IN DRAINAGE DITCHES, CULVERTS,
AND DETENTION PONDS ARE ESPECIALLY UNSAFE AND BANKS MAY QUICKLY
ERODE. STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY.
LAT...LON 4139 8824 4138 8820 4136 8818 4131 8819
4133 8825 4139 8829
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
IZZI
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