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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Chicago IL
815 PM CST Fri Jan 26 2024

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  An Ice Jam Break in...
  East Central Grundy County in northeastern Illinois...
  Southwestern Will County in northeastern Illinois...

* Until 915 AM CST Saturday.

* At 815 PM CST, emergency management and river gauge data indicate 
  the large ice jam near the I-55 bridge on the Kankakee River has 
  broken. Locations immediately downstream of the I-55 bridge may 
  see a rapid 3 to 5 ft rise in river levels up to the confluence 
  with the Illinois River.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding from an ice jam.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of areas near the ice
           jam.

After ice jam break up, the flood wave will move down the Kankakee 
River from Wilmington to Phelan Acres.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flash Flood Warning means rapid-onset flooding is imminent or may 
already be occurring. Persons along creeks, drainage ditches, and 
other waterways should take immediate precautions to protect life 
and property.

During flooding, rapidly-moving water in drainage ditches, culverts, 
and detention ponds are especially unsafe and banks may quickly 
erode. Stay away or be swept away.

&&

LAT...LON 4139 8824 4138 8820 4136 8818 4131 8819
      4133 8825 4139 8829

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

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