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FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
913 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
SUGAR CREEK AT MILFORD AFFECTING IROQUOIS COUNTY.
FOR THE SUGAR CREEK...INCLUDING MILFORD...MINOR 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC075-172015-
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913 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SUGAR CREEK FROM NEAR MILFORD DOWNSTREAM TO CONFLUENCE WITH
IROQUOIS RIVER AT WATSEKA, INCLUDING THE MILFORD GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED IN SOUTHWEST MILFORD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:00 PM CDT SUNDAY WAS 19.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.0 FEET
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4079 8778 4079 8770 4066 8768 4066 8763
4059 8763 4058 8776
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