960  
WGUS43 KLOT 041512  
FLWLOT  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
1012 AM CDT THU APR 4 2024  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND  
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...  
 
KANKAKEE RIVER AT SHELBY AFFECTING LAKE IN AND NEWTON COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE KANKAKEE RIVER...INCLUDING DUNNS BRIDGE, SHELBY, MOMENCE,  
WILMINGTON...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS WATER LEVELS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ARE IMMINENT OR  
MAY ALREADY BE OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE  
WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND  
PROPERTY.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
INC089-111-050915-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-240409T1800Z/  
/SLBI3.2.ER.240402T1815Z.240405T0600Z.240409T1200Z.NR/  
1012 AM CDT THU APR 4 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.  
 
* WHERE...KANKAKEE RIVER FROM NEAR I-65 AND DE MOTTE DOWNSTREAM TO  
IL/IN STATE LINE, INCLUDING THE SHELBY GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 11.5 FEET, LOW-LYING RESIDENCES ARE THREATENED ALONG  
BLUEGRASS ROAD AND IN WILDWOOD ESTATES EAST OF SUMAVA RESORTS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:45 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.2 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 9:45 AM CDT THURSDAY WAS 11.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.5  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
11.4 FEET ON 05/08/1983.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4122 8756 4128 8728 4117 8725 4111 8753  
 

 
 
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