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WGUS83 KLOT 181738
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1238 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER AT RIVERSIDE AFFECTING COOK COUNTY.
FOR THE DES PLAINES RIVER...INCLUDING RIVERSIDE...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECASTED TO OCCUR.
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 SUNDAY MORNING.
ILC031-191145-
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1238 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECASTED.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM ROOSEVELT ROAD IN FOREST PARK
DOWNSTREAM TO HODGKINS, INCLUDING THE RIVERSIDE GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.5 FEET, LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF MILLER MEADOW, INDIAN
GARDENS, CERMAK WOODS, OTTAWA TRAIL WOODS, AND OTHER FOREST LAND
ALONG THE RIVER ARE INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST NEAR
FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. IT IS THEN EXPECTED TO
FALL EARLY NEXT WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4186 8787 4187 8777 4183 8776 4174 8780
4178 8791 4184 8786
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