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WGUS83 KLOT 130237
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
937 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
INDIANA...
KANKAKEE RIVER AT SHELBY AFFECTING NEWTON AND LAKE IN COUNTIES.
FOR THE KANKAKEE RIVER...INCLUDING 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
INC089-111-132045-
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937 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY MORNING
* 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 LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
* 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 8:45 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 10.7
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY SUNDAY 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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