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WGUS83 KLOT 180357
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1057 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
ROCK RIVER AT BYRON AFFECTING OGLE COUNTY.
ROCK RIVER AT ROCKTON AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
ROCK RIVER AT LATHAM PARK AFFECTING WINNEBAGO 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC141-182200-
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/BYRI2.2.ER.260417T1800Z.260420T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1057 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER FROM CONFLUENCE WITH KISHWAUKEE RIVER TO CASTLE
ROCK STATE PARK NEAR OREGON, INCLUDING THE BYRON GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.5 FEET, WATER THREATENS LOWER SECTIONS OF THE
WATER TREATMENT PLANT PROPERTY IN BYRON. WATER THREATENS IL-2 WEST
OF BYRON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:15 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:15 PM CDT FRIDAY WAS 13.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NOW EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 14.5 FEET
ON MONDAY BASED UPON THE LATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.2 FEET ON 02/22/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4222 8917 4218 8910 4207 8927 4195 8932
4198 8942 4211 8937
ILC201-182200-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/ROKI2.2.ER.260416T2122Z.260420T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1057 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER FROM PRAIRIE HILL ROAD DOWNSTREAM TO SWANSON
ROAD IN ROSCOE, INCLUDING THE ROCKTON GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, MULTIPLE LOW-LYING ROADS THREATENED ALONG
THE RIVER IN ROSCOE.
AT 13.5 FEET, OLD RIVER ROAD THREATENED WEST OF ROSCOE BRIDGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 PM CDT FRIDAY WAS 10.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NOW EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 13.5 FEET
ON MONDAY BASED UPON THE LATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
13.5 FEET ON 02/26/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4248 8910 4247 8902 4245 8902 4239 8898
4239 8908 4246 8912
ILC201-182200-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/LATI2.2.ER.260416T1543Z.260420T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1057 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER FROM SWANSON ROAD IN ROSCOE DOWNSTREAM TO
SHOREWOOD PARK IN LOVES PARK, INCLUDING THE LATHAM PARK GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.5 FEET, QUEEN OAKS DRIVE IS THREATENED IN
MACHESNEY PARK. LOWER-LEVEL OF ELEVATED STRUCTURES THREATENED
ALONG HARBOR LIGHTS COURT WEST OF MACHESNEY PARK. RITTER DRIVE IS
THREATENED NORTH OF BALDWIN DRIVE IN MACHESNEY PARK.
AT 12.0 FEET, LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF SHOREWOOD PARK ARE INUNDATED
IN LOVES PARK.
AT 12.5 FEET, RESIDENCES THREATENED ALONG HARBOR OAKS DRIVE NORTH
OF MACHESNEY PARK. NUMEROUS RESIDENCES ARE THREATENED NEAR THE
RIVER AND SHORE DRIVE. LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF ROCKFORD COUNTRY CLUB
ARE INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 PM CDT FRIDAY WAS 9.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 13 FEET ON
MONDAY BASED UPON THE LATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
12.8 FEET ON 02/26/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4239 8908 4239 8898 4230 8903 4230 8911
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