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WGUS43 KLOT 202223
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
423 PM CST MON JAN 20 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
KANKAKEE RIVER AT MOMENCE AFFECTING KANKAKEE COUNTY.
FOR THE KANKAKEE RIVER...INCLUDING MOMENCE...MINOR FLOODING IS
OCCURRING.
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.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY TUESDAY MORNING.
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423 PM CST MON JAN 20 2025
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KANKAKEE RIVER FROM IL/IN STATE LINE DOWNSTREAM TO
CONFLUENCE WITH IROQUOIS RIVER AT AROMA PARK, INCLUDING THE
MOMENCE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.0 FEET, LOW-LYING WETLANDS, FOREST LAND, AND
AGRICULTURAL LAND INUNDATED ALONG THE RIVER.
AT 5.5 FEET, LOW-LYING AREAS OF ISLAND PARK INUNDATED IN MOMENCE.
RIVER ISLE ROAD THREATENED EAST OF MOMENCE. EAGLE ISLAND ROAD
THREATENED NEAR SUN RIVER TERRACE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:45 PM CST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:45 PM CST MONDAY WAS 5.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO 6.0 FEET TOMORROW
MORNING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- 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
DOOM
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