900
WGUS63 KLOT 161946
FFALOT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
146 PM CST THU JAN 16 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
KANKAKEE RIVER AT MOMENCE AFFECTING KANKAKEE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ONLY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
AN ICE JAM IS AFFECTING WATER LEVELS IN THIS AREA. RIVER FORECASTS
DURING ICE JAMS ARE LESS CERTAIN DUE TO MANY COMPLICATED FACTORS.
SIGNIFICANT RIVER ICE COVER CAN CAUSE LARGE WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS
AND FLOODING WITH LITTLE ADVANCED NOTICE. RIVER ICE MAY ALSO CAUSE
GAUGE OBSERVATIONS TO BE INACCURATE.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY FRIDAY MORNING.
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146 PM CST THU JAN 16 2025
...FLOOD WATCH FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO A DEVELOPING ICE JAM.
* WHERE...KANKAKEE RIVER FROM IL/IN STATE LINE DOWNSTREAM TO
CONFLUENCE WITH IROQUOIS RIVER AT AROMA PARK, INCLUDING THE
MOMENCE GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 4.0 FEET, WATER OVERTOPS LOW-LYING BANKS AT RIVER
ISLE UPSTREAM FROM MOMENCE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:45 PM CST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.6 FEET AND IS BEING
AFFECTED BY A DEVELOPING ICE JAM.
- FORECAST...DURING PAST ICE JAMS IN THIS AREA WITH SIMILAR
WEATHER AND RIVER CONDITIONS, THE RIVER CRESTED NEAR FLOOD
STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4115 8784 4118 8778 4122 8756 4111 8753
4106 8780 4106 8784
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