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FLWLOT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
806 PM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN INDIANA...
KANKAKEE RIVER AT SHELBY AFFECTING NEWTON AND LAKE IN COUNTIES.
FOR THE KANKAKEE RIVER...INCLUDING SHELBY...MODERATE 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.
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806 PM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE 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 12.5 FEET, US-41 NORTHBOUND IS INUNDATED SOUTH OF THE
RIVER. MULTIPLE RESIDENCES ARE THREATENED ALONG WESTWOOD DRIVE AND
ISLAND BOULEVARD NEAR SHELBY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:45 PM CDT FRIDAY WAS 11.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND,
POTENTIALLY TO A CREST NEARING 12 FEET EARLY NEXT WEEK.
- 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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