885  
WGUS83 KLOT 050224  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
924 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...  
 
KANKAKEE RIVER AT DUNNS BRIDGE AFFECTING JASPER AND PORTER  
COUNTIES.  
 
KANKAKEE RIVER AT SHELBY AFFECTING LAKE IN AND NEWTON COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE KANKAKEE RIVER...INCLUDING DUNNS BRIDGE, SHELBY...MINOR  
FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
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.  
 
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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 

 
 
INC073-127-052030-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-260412T0000Z/  
/DBRI3.1.ER.260404T1815Z.260407T1200Z.260411T1800Z.NO/  
924 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY, APRIL 11
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...KANKAKEE RIVER FROM US-421 SOUTH OF LA CROSSE DOWNSTREAM  
TO IN-49 SOUTH OF KOUTS, INCLUDING THE DUNNS BRIDGE GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY, APRIL 11.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED NEAR IN-49 AND THE  
RIVER. BACKWATER ON A DRAINAGE CANAL THREATENS 1200 SOUTH ROAD  
EAST OF IN-49.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:00 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.1  
FEET TUESDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
SATURDAY, APRIL 11.  
- 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  
 

 
 
INC089-111-052030-  
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/SLBI3.1.ER.260404T2045Z.260408T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
924 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...KANKAKEE RIVER FROM NEAR I-65 AND DE MOTTE DOWNSTREAM TO  
IL/IN STATE LINE, INCLUDING THE SHELBY GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 11.5 FEET, LOW-LYING RESIDENCES ARE THREATENED ALONG  
BLUEGRASS ROAD EAST OF SUMAVA RESORTS AND ALONG WESTWOOD DRIVE AND  
ISLAND BOULEVARD NEAR SHELBY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.4  
FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
- 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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