492  
WGUS83 KLOT 091409  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
909 AM CDT THU APR 9 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
ILLINOIS...  
 
FOX RIVER AT ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER AFFECTING LAKE IL,  
KANE AND MCHENRY COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE FOX RIVER (ILLINOIS)...INCLUDING ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM  
TAILWATER...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.  
 

 
 
ILC089-097-111-100815-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/AFBI2.1.ER.260407T1045Z.260410T1800Z.260414T1800Z.NO/  
909 AM CDT THU APR 9 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.  
 
* WHERE...FOX RIVER FROM JOHNSBURG DOWNSTREAM TO RED GATE ROAD IN  
ST. CHARLES, INCLUDING THE ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, WINAKI TRAIL AND ONAWAY TRAIL ARE  
THREATENED SOUTH OF ALGONQUIN. ATHLETIC FIELDS ARE INUNDATED AT  
JUDSON COLLEGE IN ELGIN.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:30 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO HOVER BETWEEN 9.7 AND 9.9  
FEET THROUGH THIS WEEKEND BEFORE GRADUALLY FALLING EARLY NEXT  
WEEK.  
- 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  
 

 
 
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