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WGUS83 KLOT 080227
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
927 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER AT LINCOLNSHIRE AFFECTING COOK AND LAKE IL
COUNTIES.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE AFFECTING LAKE IL COUNTY.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR RUSSELL AFFECTING LAKE IL 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC031-097-082030-
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/LDRI2.1.ER.260408T1800Z.260409T0000Z.260409T1200Z.NO/
927 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM TOWNLINE ROAD IN LIBERTYVILLE
DOWNSTREAM TO PALATINE ROAD IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS, INCLUDING THE
LINCOLNSHIRE GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, LOW-LYING TRAILS IN WRIGHT WOODS FOREST
PRESERVE ARE INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 12.6 FEET WEDNESDAY
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4224 8797 4224 8788 4212 8784 4212 8794
ILC097-082030-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260410T1800Z/
/GUNI2.1.ER.260405T0007Z.260408T0600Z.260410T1200Z.NO/
927 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* 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 EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, KILBOURNE ROAD AND EMERALD AVENUE
THREATENED NEAR GRAND AVENUE IN GURNEE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.4
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY MORNING.
- 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
ILC097-082030-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260409T2100Z/
/RUSI2.1.ER.260404T1007Z.260406T2315Z.260409T1500Z.NO/
927 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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 TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING.
- 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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