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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1012 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
ILLINOIS RIVER AT OTTAWA AFFECTING LA SALLE COUNTY.
FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER (UPPER)...INCLUDING OTTAWA...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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC099-042115-
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/OTWI2.1.ER.260404T0600Z.260405T1800Z.260408T0400Z.NO/
1012 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ILLINOIS RIVER FROM HERITAGE HARBOR EAST OF OTTAWA
DOWNSTREAM TO STARVED ROCK LOCK AND DAM, INCLUDING THE OTTAWA
GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 466.5 FEET, LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF FOX RIVER PARK IN
OTTAWA ARE INUNDATED INCLUDING HUDSON STREET RIVER WALK. ST.
CLAIR STREET IS THREATENED IN OTTAWA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 462.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 466.1 FEET EARLY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TUESDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 463.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4137 8898 4137 8879 4130 8879 4128 8899
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