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WGUS83 KLOT 171538
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1038 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
KISHWAUKEE RIVER NEAR PERRYVILLE AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
KISHWAUKEE RIVER AT BELVIDERE AFFECTING WINNEBAGO AND BOONE
COUNTIES.
PECATONICA RIVER NEAR SHIRLAND AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
FOR THE KISHWAUKEE RIVER...INCLUDING BELVIDERE, PERRYVILLE...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.
ILC201-180945-
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/PRYI2.1.ER.260416T1623Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1038 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KISHWAUKEE RIVER FROM CONFLUENCE WITH SOUTH BRANCH
KISHWAUKEE RIVER DOWNSTREAM TO THE ROCK RIVER, INCLUDING THE
PERRYVILLE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, ROADWAYS THREATENED AT BLACKHAWK VALLEY
CAMPGROUND SOUTH OF ROCKFORD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 AM CDT FRIDAY WAS 13.1 FEET. THE RIVER IS
CURRENTLY CRESTING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY STEADY
THE THROUGH TODAY AND BEGIN A SLOW FALL BY THIS WEEKEND.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4221 8910 4221 8903 4225 8898 4223 8893
4217 8899 4217 8916
ILC007-201-180945-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-260419T0000Z/
/BVDI2.1.ER.260417T0412Z.000000T0000Z.260418T1200Z.NO/
1038 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND 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 TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, BOONE-MCHENRY COUNTY LINE ROAD THREATENED.
LOW-LYING AREAS ARE THREATENED IN BELVIDERE PARK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 AM CDT FRIDAY WAS 9.4 FEET. THE RIVER IS
CURRENTLY CRESTING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS CURRENTLY CRESTING. THE RIVER IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN A SLOW FALL BY TOMORROW.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4229 8894 4229 8870 4223 8870 4223 8893
4225 8898
ILC201-180945-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0028.260418T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/SIRI2.1.ER.260418T0000Z.260420T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1038 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PECATONICA RIVER FROM WINNEBAGO COUNTY LINE DOWNSTREAM TO
CONFLUENCE WITH THE ROCK RIVER, INCLUDING THE SHIRLAND GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF THE WINNEBAGO COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS ARE INUNDATED. LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF RIVERS EDGE
CAMPGROUND ARE INUNDATED EAST OF SHIRLAND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.7 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER HAS NEARED FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATER TODAY. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 13 FEET ON
MONDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4236 8940 4247 8922 4249 8909 4242 8907
4240 8917 4226 8940
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