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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
959 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR DES PLAINES AFFECTING CENTRAL COOK AND
NORTHERN COOK ZONES.
FOX RIVER AT DAYTON AFFECTING LA SALLE ZONE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS WATER LEVELS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ARE POSSIBLE, BUT
NOT YET CERTAIN, BASED UPON THE LATEST FORECASTS. PERSONS ALONG
RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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.
ILZ103-104-030900-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.A.0002.260403T1312Z-260405T1200Z/
/DSPI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
959 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM PALATINE ROAD IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS
DOWNSTREAM TO IRVING PARK ROAD IN CHICAGO, INCLUDING THE DES
PLAINES GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED AT METHODIST
CAMPGROUND IN DES PLAINES. FOREST PRESERVE ROADWAYS ARE THREATENED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4212 8794 4212 8784 4197 8780 4196 8790
ILZ019-030900-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.A.0003.260403T1617Z-260405T1200Z/
/DAYI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
959 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...FOX RIVER FROM MILLINGTON DOWNSTREAM TO CONFLUENCE WITH
THE ILLINOIS RIVER, INCLUDING THE DAYTON GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES THREATENED ALONG
2062ND ROAD IN WEDRON. WATER OVERFLOWS LOW-LYING BANKS IN DAYTON
AND OTTAWA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED LATE TOMORROW MORNING
OR AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4163 8860 4154 8860 4134 8878 4134 8888
4157 8871
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