022  
WGUS83 KLOT 050021  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
721 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
ILLINOIS...  
 
KISHWAUKEE RIVER AT BELVIDERE AFFECTING WINNEBAGO AND BOONE  
COUNTIES.  
 
KISHWAUKEE RIVER NEAR PERRYVILLE AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE KISHWAUKEE RIVER...INCLUDING BELVIDERE, PERRYVILLE...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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 

 
 
ILC007-201-051830-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-260405T2000Z/  
/BVDI2.1.ER.260404T1851Z.260404T2315Z.260405T1400Z.NO/  
721 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...KISHWAUKEE RIVER FROM COUNTY LINE ROAD DOWNSTREAM TO  
CONFLUENCE WITH SOUTH BRANCH KISHWAUKEE RIVER, INCLUDING THE  
BELVIDERE GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.5 FEET, HOLIDAY ACRES CAMPGROUND THREATENED EAST OF  
BELVIDERE. NORTHWOODS RV RESORT IS THREATENED IN GARDEN PRAIRIE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.3  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4229 8894 4229 8870 4223 8870 4223 8893  
4225 8898  
 

 
 
ILC201-051830-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-260406T2200Z/  
/PRYI2.1.ER.260403T2100Z.260405T1200Z.260406T1600Z.NO/  
721 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...KISHWAUKEE RIVER FROM CONFLUENCE WITH SOUTH BRANCH  
KISHWAUKEE RIVER DOWNSTREAM TO THE ROCK RIVER, INCLUDING THE  
PERRYVILLE GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, OLD PERRYVILLE ROAD THREATENED SOUTH OF  
ROCKFORD. WIDESPREAD INUNDATION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AND FOREST  
LAND NEAR CHICAGO ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 14.2  
FEET SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE  
MONDAY MORNING.  
- 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  
 

 
 
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