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WGUS63 KLOT 020936
FFALOT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
436 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
ILLINOIS RIVER AT LA SALLE AFFECTING LA SALLE, BUREAU AND PUTNAM
ZONES.
FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER (UPPER)...INCLUDING MORRIS, OTTAWA, LA
SALLE...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 THIS EVENING.
ILZ017>019-030345-
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/LSLI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
436 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...ILLINOIS RIVER FROM STARVED ROCK LOCK AND DAM DOWNSTREAM
TO CONFLUENCE WITH BIG BUREAU CREEK, INCLUDING THE LA SALLE GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL AREAS IN LA SALLE, SPRING
VALLEY, AND PERU ARE INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:45 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4131 8940 4135 8933 4137 8898 4128 8899
4128 8929
BIRK
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