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WGUS83 KLOT 050235
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
935 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE AFFECTING LAKE IL COUNTY.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR RUSSELL AFFECTING LAKE IL COUNTY.
FOR THE DES PLAINES RIVER...INCLUDING RUSSELL, GURNEE...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.
ILC097-052045-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260409T0000Z/
/GUNI2.1.ER.260405T0007Z.260405T1800Z.260408T1800Z.NO/
935 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM US-41 IN GURNEE DOWNSTREAM TO
TOWNLINE ROAD IN VERNON HILLS, INCLUDING THE GURNEE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, FOREST LAND INUNDATED NEAR THE RIVER IN
GURNEE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 7.7
FEET EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4239 8796 4239 8787 4230 8791 4224 8788
4224 8797 4230 8800
ILC097-052045-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260408T0600Z/
/RUSI2.1.ER.260404T1007Z.260405T0600Z.260408T0000Z.NO/
935 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM IL/WI STATE LINE DOWNSTREAM TO
US-41 IN GURNEE, INCLUDING THE RUSSELL GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL AND PARK LAND IS INUNDATED
NEAR THE RIVER. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS THREATENED NEAR THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER REMAIN NEAR 7.9 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4251 8797 4250 8787 4247 8789 4239 8787
4239 8796 4247 8799
PETR
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