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WGUS63 KLOT 051436
FFALOT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
936 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2026
...THE FLOOD WATCH IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER AT LINCOLNSHIRE AFFECTING LAKE IL AND NORTHERN
COOK ZONES.
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.
ILZ006-103-060845-
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/LDRI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
936 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2026
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM TOWNLINE ROAD IN LIBERTYVILLE
DOWNSTREAM TO PALATINE ROAD IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS, INCLUDING THE
LINCOLNSHIRE GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, LOW-LYING TRAILS IN WRIGHT WOODS FOREST
PRESERVE ARE INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED MONDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4224 8797 4224 8788 4212 8784 4212 8794
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