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WGUS83 KLOT 281337
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
837 AM CDT MON SEP 28 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE AFFECTING LAKE IL COUNTY.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR RUSSELL AFFECTING LAKE IL COUNTY.
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 ALMOST ENTIRELY ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION
AS LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS EVENING.
ILC097-290000-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0076.000000T0000Z-260929T0000Z/
/GUNI2.1.ER.260923T0015Z.260925T1015Z.260928T1456Z.NO/
837 AM CDT MON SEP 28 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM US-41 IN GURNEE DOWNSTREAM TO
TOWNLINE ROAD IN VERNON HILLS, INCLUDING THE GURNEE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, FOREST LAND INUNDATED NEAR THE RIVER IN
GURNEE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:30 AM CDT MONDAY WAS 7.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
EARLY THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4239 8796 4239 8787 4230 8791 4224 8788
4224 8797 4230 8800
ILC097-290745-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0075.000000T0000Z-261002T0000Z/
/RUSI2.2.ER.260920T2022Z.260923T1430Z.261001T1800Z.NO/
837 AM CDT MON SEP 28 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
* 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 THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL AND PARK LAND IS INUNDATED NEAR
THE RIVER. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS THREATENED NEAR THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:30 AM CDT MONDAY WAS 8.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.8
FEET ON 06/05/1970.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4251 8797 4250 8787 4247 8789 4239 8787
4239 8796 4247 8799
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