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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
816 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...ILLINOIS...
KANKAKEE RIVER AT SHELBY AFFECTING LAKE IN AND NEWTON COUNTIES.
THORN CREEK AT THORNTON AFFECTING COOK COUNTY.
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 LATE TONIGHT.
INC089-111-150730-
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/SLBI3.1.ER.260814T1800Z.260815T1200Z.260816T1500Z.NO/
816 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...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...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* 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 7:45 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON. IT MAY FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AS SOON AS LATE SUNDAY
MORNING, ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST MAY PROLONG
FLOODING IMPACTS.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4122 8756 4128 8728 4117 8725 4111 8753
ILC031-150730-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.W.0069.260814T1800Z-260815T1800Z/
/THNI2.1.ER.260814T1800Z.260815T0000Z.260815T0325Z.NO/
816 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...THORN CREEK FROM NEAR GLENWOOD DOWNSTREAM TO CONFLUENCE
WITH LITTLE CALUMET RIVER, INCLUDING THE THORNTON GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO BE DIVERTED THROUGH THORN
CREEK DIVERSION TUNNEL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON. IT MAY FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AS SOON AS LATE THIS
EVENING, ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST MAY PROLONG
FLOODING IMPACTS.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4161 8760 4158 8754 4151 8760 4154 8767
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