Archive for April, 2011

Thursday 4/28: Flood Updates

…Flood Warning remains in effect for Benton…Jasper…Newton… Iroquois and southeastern Kankakee counties until 1030 am … At 308 am CDT…National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated that the rainfall that caused the flooding over the warned area has moved off to the east. However…flood waters can take considerable time to recede…so the Flood Warning will continue. [...]

FLOODING UPDATES: Iroquois County area… Wednesday evening

Flood Warning Statement as of 9:24 PM April 27, 2011 The Flood Warning continues for Sugar Creek at Milford. At 900 PM Wednesday the stage was 18.2 feet. Flood stage is 18.0 feet. Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * Forecast…the river will continue rising to near 18.9 feet by Thursday evening. [...]

FLOOD UPDATES: Iroquois County, Illiana Area ….

Flood WarningStatement as of 10:16 AM April 27, 2011 The Flood Warning continues for Sugar Creek at Milford until late Friday night. At 900 am today (Wed) the stage was 18.6 feet. Flood stage is 18.0 feet. Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. Forecast…the river will continue rising to near 19.5 feet [...]

Tornado Watch CANCELLED

The National Weather Service has cancelled Tornado Watch 216 for IROQUOIS COUNTY and 5 Northwest Indiana counties, including Benton, Newton, Jasper, Porter and Lake, IN. courtesy: NWS, www.iqesda.com

Tornado Watch for Watseka, IL…Areal Flood Watch for Watseka, IL

The National Weather Service has issued Tornado Watch 216 in effect until 9 PM CDT this evening for areas in Illinois and Indiana. The Watch includes IROQUOIS in east central Illinois. In Indiana this watch includes 5 counties: Benton…Newton…Jasper…Porter…Lake, IN. This includes the cities of…Fowler…Gary…Morocco… Rensselaer…Valparaiso and Watseka.   Areal Flood Watch Statement as of [...]