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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1219 PM CDT THU APR 16 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
FOX RIVER AT MONTGOMERY AFFECTING KANE AND KENDALL COUNTIES.
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
FOX RIVER AT ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER AFFECTING KANE, LAKE
IL AND MCHENRY COUNTIES.
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.
ILC089-093-171030-
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/MNGI2.1.ER.260416T0800Z.260416T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1219 PM CDT THU APR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...FOX RIVER FROM RED GATE ROAD IN ST. CHARLES DOWNSTREAM TO
MILLINGTON, INCLUDING THE MONTGOMERY GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.5 FEET, LOW-LYING PARKING LOTS AT CITY HALL AND
BOY SCOUT ISLAND ARE THREATENED IN ST. CHARLES. FOX RIVER TRAIL IS
THREATENED AT ST. MARY PARK IN ST. CHARLES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER HAS BEGUN CRESTING AROUND 13.5
FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR 13.5 FEET
TODAY AND THEN BEGIN SLOWLY FALLING. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN NEAR FLOOD STAGE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4195 8838 4194 8827 4169 8826 4154 8860
4163 8860 4173 8838
ILC089-097-111-171030-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/AFBI2.2.ER.260414T1200Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1219 PM CDT THU APR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* 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 10.5 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED ALONG FOX RIVER
DRIVE IN EAST DUNDEE. PARKING LOTS THREATENED IN DOWNTOWN WEST
DUNDEE. LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF CORNISH PARK ARE INUNDATED IN
ALGONQUIN. LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF TROUT PARK INUNDATED NORTH OF
ELGIN.
AT 11.0 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED NEAR ELGIN AVENUE AND COREY
STREET SOUTH OF EAST DUNDEE. LINCOLN AVENUE THREATENED IN WEST
DUNDEE. FILIP STREET AND FOX RIVER DRIVE THREATENED IN ALGONQUIN.
FOX RIVER TRAIL THREATENED SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ELGIN.
AT 11.5 FEET, RESIDENCES THREATENED ALONG OCEOLA DRIVE IN
ALGONQUIN. A FEW RESIDENCES THREATENED ALONG MCBRIDGE STREET IN
ELGIN. JAYNE STREET AND BEACH DRIVE THREATENED IN ALGONQUIN. RIVER
STREET THREATENED IN EAST DUNDEE. JERUSHA AVENUE THREATENED IN
ELGIN. FOX RIVER TRAIL THREATENED BETWEEN EAST DUNDEE AND ELGIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.3 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER HAS CONTINUED TO SLOWLY RISE TO
NEAR MODERATE FLOOD STAGE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A SLOW RISE OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE RIVER MAY CREST NEAR 11.5 BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
11.4 FEET ON 09/17/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4238 8829 4234 8818 4223 8813 4194 8827
4195 8838 4219 8830
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