Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL

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FLOOD STATEMENT ...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
948 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN
ILLINOIS...

  ILLINOIS RIVER AT LA SALLE AFFECTING BUREAU AND LA SALLE COUNTIES

.WATER LEVELS ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT LA SALLE ARE EXPECTED TO
RECEDE BELOW FLOOD STAGE FOR A PERIOD FROM THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY
EVENING...THEN GO BACK ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY NIGHT DUE TO THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND
FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

&&

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948 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT LA SALLE.
* UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT  845 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING BUT THEN
  GO BACK ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY NIGHT AND RISE TO NEAR 20.4 FEET BY
  MONDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TUESDAY
  MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL AREAS IN LA SALLE, SPRING
  VALLEY, AND PERU LOWLANDS ARE FLOODED.

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