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WGUS63 KLOT 030616
FFALOT
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
116 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
..THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS
KISHWAUKEE RIVER NEAR PERRYVILLE AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
FOR THE KISHWAUKEE RIVER...INCLUDING PERRYVILLE...FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE.
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 THIS AFTERNOON.
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116 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...KISHWAUKEE RIVER FROM CONFLUENCE WITH SOUTH BRANCH
KISHWAUKEE RIVER DOWNSTREAM TO THE ROCK RIVER, INCLUDING THE
PERRYVILLE GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, WATER OVERTOPS LOW-LYING BANKS IN
BLACKHAWK SPRINGS FOREST PRESERVE AND IN SOUTH ROCKFORD NEAR
CHICAGO ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TRAILS THREATENED AT
BLACKHAWK SPRINGS FOREST PRESERVE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:30 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED LATE THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4221 8910 4221 8903 4225 8898 4223 8893
4217 8899 4217 8916
PETR
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