830  
WGUS63 KLOT 061524  
FFALOT  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
1024 AM CDT MON APR 6 2026  
   
..THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS
 
 
FOX RIVER AT ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER AFFECTING KANE,  
MCHENRY AND LAKE IL COUNTIES.  
 
...THE FLOOD WATCH IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
ILLINOIS...  
 
DES PLAINES RIVER AT LINCOLNSHIRE AFFECTING NORTHERN COOK AND  
LAKE IL ZONES.  
 
FOR THE FOX RIVER (ILLINOIS)...INCLUDING ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM  
TAILWATER, MONTGOMERY, DAYTON...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
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.  
 

 
 
ILZ005-006-012-070930-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.A.0008.260407T1800Z-260412T1200Z/  
/AFBI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1024 AM CDT MON APR 6 2026  
 
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...FOX RIVER FROM JOHNSBURG DOWNSTREAM TO RED GATE ROAD IN  
ST. CHARLES, INCLUDING THE ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.5 FEET, FOX RIVER DRIVE THREATENED IN EAST DUNDEE.  
BOATHOUSES THREATENED ALONG THE RIVER IN CARY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:30 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET.  
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4238 8829 4234 8818 4223 8813 4194 8827  
4195 8838 4219 8830  
 

 
 
ILZ006-103-070930-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.A.0007.260407T1800Z-260410T2100Z/  
/LDRI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1024 AM CDT MON APR 6 2026  
 
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, LOW-LYING TRAILS IN WRIGHT WOODS FOREST  
PRESERVE ARE INUNDATED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:45 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4224 8797 4224 8788 4212 8784 4212 8794  
 

 
 
YACK  
 
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