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WGUS83 KLOT 091412
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
912 AM CDT THU APR 9 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.
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.
ILC097-100815-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260413T0900Z/
/GUNI2.1.ER.260405T0007Z.260408T1000Z.260413T0300Z.NO/
912 AM CDT THU APR 9 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND 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 EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, KILBOURNE ROAD AND EMERALD AVENUE ARE
THREATENED NEAR GRAND AVENUE IN GURNEE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GRADUALLY
FALLING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
- 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
ILC097-100815-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260411T0600Z/
/RUSI2.1.ER.260404T1007Z.260406T2315Z.260411T0000Z.NO/
912 AM CDT THU APR 9 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM IL/WI STATE LINE DOWNSTREAM TO
US-41 IN GURNEE, INCLUDING THE RUSSELL GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL AND PARK LAND ARE INUNDATED
NEAR THE RIVER. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS THREATENED NEAR THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GRADUALLY
FALLING OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SATURDAY MORNING.
- 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
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