101
WGUS83 KLOT 211122
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
522 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
KANKAKEE RIVER AT MOMENCE AFFECTING KANKAKEE COUNTY.
FOR THE KANKAKEE RIVER...INCLUDING MOMENCE...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.THIS
EVENING.
ILC091-220530-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MOMI2.1.IJ.250120T2357Z.250121T0700Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
522 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2025
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS EXPECTED DUE TO RIVER ICE.
* 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 6.0 FEET, CAMPGROUNDS THREATENED EAST OF MOMENCE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:45 AM CST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE
IF ICE SHIFTS ALONG THE RIVER.
- 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
CARLAW
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page