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WGUS83 KLOT 161733
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1233 PM CDT THU APR 16 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
KISHWAUKEE RIVER AT BELVIDERE AFFECTING BOONE AND WINNEBAGO
COUNTIES.
FOR THE KISHWAUKEE RIVER...INCLUDING BELVIDERE...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
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.
ILC007-201-171015-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0023.260416T1800Z-260419T0000Z/
/BVDI2.1.ER.260416T1800Z.260417T0600Z.260419T0000Z.NO/
1233 PM CDT THU APR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KISHWAUKEE RIVER FROM COUNTY LINE ROAD DOWNSTREAM TO
CONFLUENCE WITH SOUTH BRANCH KISHWAUKEE RIVER, INCLUDING THE
BELVIDERE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.5 FEET, HOLIDAY ACRES CAMPGROUND THREATENED EAST OF
BELVIDERE. NORTHWOODS RV RESORT IS THREATENED IN GARDEN PRAIRIE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.
- THE RIVER HAS CLIMBED OVERNIGHT TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 9.3 FEET THIS
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4229 8894 4229 8870 4223 8870 4223 8893
4225 8898
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