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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
700 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
FOX RIVER AT ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER AFFECTING MCHENRY,
KANE AND LAKE IL COUNTIES.
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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC089-097-111-031800-
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700 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...FOX RIVER FROM JOHNSBURG DOWNSTREAM TO RED GATE ROAD IN
ST. CHARLES, INCLUDING THE ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.5 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED ALONG FOX RIVER
DRIVE IN EAST DUNDEE. PARKING LOTS THREATENED IN DOWNTOWN WEST
DUNDEE. LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF CORNISH PARK ARE INUNDATED IN
ALGONQUIN. LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF TROUT PARK INUNDATED NORTH OF
ELGIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A GRADUAL FALL.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4238 8829 4234 8818 4223 8813 4194 8827
4195 8838 4219 8830
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