211  
WGUS83 KLOT 051540  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
1040 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
ILLINOIS...  
 
KISHWAUKEE RIVER NEAR PERRYVILLE AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.  
 
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 LATE TONIGHT.  
 
 
 
ILC201-060945-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-260407T0112Z/  
/PRYI2.1.ER.260403T2100Z.260405T1430Z.260406T1912Z.NO/  
1040 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY EVENING  
 
* 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 EVENING.  
 
* 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 9:30 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 9:30 AM CDT SUNDAY WAS 14.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
- 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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