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WGUS83 KLOT 081439
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
939 AM CDT WED APR 8 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.
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 LATE TONIGHT.
INC073-127-090845-
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/DBRI3.1.ER.260404T1815Z.260409T0000Z.260412T0900Z.NO/
939 AM CDT WED APR 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...KANKAKEE RIVER FROM US-421 SOUTH OF LA CROSSE DOWNSTREAM
TO IN-49 SOUTH OF KOUTS, INCLUDING THE DUNNS BRIDGE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
* 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 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 11.7 FT THIS
AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL THEN BEGIN FALLING, AND FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY.
- 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
INC089-111-090845-
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/SLBI3.2.ER.260404T2045Z.260409T1800Z.260413T0900Z.NO/
939 AM CDT WED APR 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECASTED.
* WHERE...KANKAKEE RIVER FROM NEAR I-65 AND DE MOTTE DOWNSTREAM TO
IL/IN STATE LINE, INCLUDING THE SHELBY GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* 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 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.5
FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN BEGIN TO FALL
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK, AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY MONDAY 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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