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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1105 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
KANKAKEE RIVER AT DUNNS BRIDGE AFFECTING JASPER AND PORTER
COUNTIES.
..THE FLOOD WATCH IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA
KANKAKEE RIVER AT SHELBY AFFECTING LAKE IN AND NEWTON COUNTIES.
FOR THE KANKAKEE RIVER...INCLUDING DUNNS BRIDGE, SHELBY...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 LATE TONIGHT.
INZ002-011-041015-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.A.0006.260405T1200Z-000000T0000Z/
/DBRI3.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1105 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...KANKAKEE RIVER FROM US-421 SOUTH OF LA CROSSE DOWNSTREAM
TO IN-49 SOUTH OF KOUTS, INCLUDING THE DUNNS BRIDGE GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, LOW-LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND IS INUNDATED
NEAR THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4128 8728 4132 8713 4129 8689 4121 8687
4118 8697 4117 8725
INZ001-010-041015-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.A.0005.260404T1800Z-000000T0000Z/
/SLBI3.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1105 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...KANKAKEE RIVER FROM NEAR I-65 AND DE MOTTE DOWNSTREAM TO
IL/IN STATE LINE, INCLUDING THE SHELBY GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.5 FEET, WATER OVERFLOWS LOW-LYING RIVER BANKS
ALONG BLUEGRASS ROAD EAST OF SUMAVA RESORTS AND ALONG WESTWOOD
DRIVE AND ISLAND BOULEVARD NEAR SHELBY. WATER BEGINS TO BE
DIVERTED THROUGH THE BLACKBERRY MARSH SPILLWAY TO REDUCE FLOOD
IMPACTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:45 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4122 8756 4128 8728 4117 8725 4111 8753
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