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WGUS83 KLOT 180355
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1055 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR DES PLAINES AFFECTING COOK COUNTY.
FOR THE DES PLAINES RIVER...INCLUDING DES PLAINES, RIVERSIDE...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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC031-182200-
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1055 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM PALATINE ROAD IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS
DOWNSTREAM TO IRVING PARK ROAD IN CHICAGO, INCLUDING THE DES
PLAINES GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, CENTRAL ROAD AND GOLF ROAD ARE THREATENED
IN DES PLAINES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:45 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 17.1
FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL THEN BE SLOW TO FALL INTO NEXT
WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4212 8794 4212 8784 4197 8780 4196 8790
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