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WGUS83 KLOT 081434
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
934 AM CDT WED APR 8 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE AFFECTING LAKE IL COUNTY.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR RUSSELL AFFECTING LAKE IL COUNTY.
DES PLAINES RIVER AT LINCOLNSHIRE AFFECTING LAKE IL AND COOK
COUNTIES.
FOR THE DES PLAINES RIVER...INCLUDING RUSSELL, GURNEE,
LINCOLNSHIRE...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECASTED.
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.
ILC097-090845-
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/GUNI2.1.ER.260405T0007Z.260408T1000Z.260410T2100Z.NO/
934 AM CDT WED APR 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM US-41 IN GURNEE DOWNSTREAM TO
TOWNLINE ROAD IN VERNON HILLS, INCLUDING THE GURNEE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, KILBOURNE ROAD AND EMERALD AVENUE
THREATENED NEAR GRAND AVENUE IN GURNEE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY FALL FROM THIS
AFTERNOON ONWARD, AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
- 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
ILC097-090845-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260410T1500Z/
/RUSI2.1.ER.260404T1007Z.260406T2315Z.260410T0900Z.NO/
934 AM CDT WED APR 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM IL/WI STATE LINE DOWNSTREAM TO
US-41 IN GURNEE, INCLUDING THE RUSSELL GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
* 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 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING, AND
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
- 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
ILC031-097-090845-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0015.260409T0600Z-260409T1800Z/
/LDRI2.1.ER.260409T0600Z.260409T0600Z.260409T1200Z.NO/
934 AM CDT WED APR 8 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECASTED.
* 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 EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, LOW-LYING TRAILS IN WRIGHT WOODS FOREST
PRESERVE ARE INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.5
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
- 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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