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WGUS83 KLOT 180859
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
359 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
KISHWAUKEE RIVER AT BELVIDERE AFFECTING WINNEBAGO AND BOONE
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 THIS EVENING.
ILC007-201-190000-
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/BVDI2.1.ER.260417T0412Z.260417T1100Z.260417T2057Z.NO/
359 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...THE RIVER IS CURRENTLY NEAR MINOR FLOOD STAGE.
* WHERE...KISHWAUKEE RIVER FROM COUNTY LINE ROAD DOWNSTREAM TO
CONFLUENCE WITH SOUTH BRANCH KISHWAUKEE RIVER, INCLUDING THE
BELVIDERE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, TRAILS IN BELVIDERE PARK THREATENED.
AT 9.0 FEET, BOONE-MCHENRY COUNTY LINE ROAD THREATENED. LOW-LYING
AREAS ARE THREATENED IN BELVIDERE PARK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:30 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR FLOOD STAGE
THIS MORNING BEFORE CONTINUING TO FALL.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4229 8894 4229 8870 4223 8870 4223 8893
4225 8898
DOOM
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