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FLWDVN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1231 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA IL HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
PECATONICA RIVER AT FREEPORT AFFECTING STEPHENSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 1245 PM
CDT.
ILC177-161745-
/O.NEW.KDVN.FL.W.0013.260416T1200Z-260418T0800Z/
/FEEI2.1.ER.260416T1200Z.260416T1800Z.260418T0000Z.NO/
1231 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PECATONICA RIVER AT FREEPORT.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, WATER AFFECTS LOW LYING SECTIONS OF
FREEPORT MAINLY EAST OF THE PECATONICA RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 13.2 FEET TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY NIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4250 8981 4250 8972 4233 8961 4235 8940
4227 8940 4224 8968
SCHRECK
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