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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1036 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR RUSSELL AFFECTING LAKE IL COUNTY.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE AFFECTING LAKE IL COUNTY.
FOR THE DES PLAINES RIVER...INCLUDING RUSSELL, GURNEE...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 LATE TONIGHT.
ILC097-160945-
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/RUSI2.1.ER.260415T1155Z.260417T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1036 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM IL/WI STATE LINE DOWNSTREAM TO
US-41 IN GURNEE, INCLUDING THE RUSSELL GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.5 FEET, RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES THREATENED ALONG
RUSSELL ROAD BETWEEN THE RIVER AND KILBOURNE ROAD. INDUSTRIAL
PARKING LOTS THREATENED ALONG KILBOURNE ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 7.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.9
FEET EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER MAY APPROACH MODERATE
FLOOD STAGE ON FRIDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4251 8797 4250 8787 4247 8789 4239 8787
4239 8796 4247 8799
ILC097-160945-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/GUNI2.2.ER.260415T0856Z.260417T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1036 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM US-41 IN GURNEE DOWNSTREAM TO
TOWNLINE ROAD IN VERNON HILLS, INCLUDING THE GURNEE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, RESIDENCES THREATENED ALONG KILBOURNE ROAD
AND NEAR O'PLAINE ROAD AND MCCLURE AVENUE IN GURNEE. BUSINESSES
THREATENED ALONG OLD GRAND AVENUE NEAR IL-132 IN GURNEE. IL-132
(GRAND AVENUE) IS THREATENED EAST OF THE RIVER IN GURNEE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.6 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 7.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE AND REACH MODERATE
FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
10.5 FEET ON 09/15/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4239 8796 4239 8787 4230 8791 4224 8788
4224 8797 4230 8800
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