681  
NZUS99 KLOT 071500  
FLRLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
1000 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2026  
 
ILC031-097-080900-  
1000 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2026  
 
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DES PLAINES RIVER FROM TOWNLINE ROAD  
IN LIBERTYVILLE DOWNSTREAM TO PALATINE ROAD IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS,  
INCLUDING THE LINCOLNSHIRE GAUGE.  
 
FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY MORNING. AT 8:45 AM CDT TUESDAY  
THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD  
STAGE EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CREST NEAR 12.7 FEET THURSDAY  
MORNING. IT IS THEN EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY  
MORNING.  

 
 
ILC097-080900-  
1000 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2026  
 
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DES PLAINES RIVER FROM US-41 IN  
GURNEE DOWNSTREAM TO TOWNLINE ROAD IN VERNON HILLS, INCLUDING THE  
GURNEE GAUGE.  
 
UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AT 9:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS  
8.3 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.4 FEET THIS  
AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY MORNING.  

 
 
ILC097-080900-  
1000 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2026  
 
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DES PLAINES RIVER FROM IL/WI STATE  
LINE DOWNSTREAM TO US-41 IN GURNEE, INCLUDING THE RUSSELL GAUGE.  
 
UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AT 9:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7  
FEET. THE RIVER LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY FALL THROUGHOUT THE  
NEXT FEW DAYS AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY MORNING.  

 
 
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