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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1244 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
FOX RIVER AT MONTGOMERY AFFECTING KENDALL AND KANE COUNTIES.
FOX RIVER AT ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER AFFECTING LAKE IL,
MCHENRY AND KANE 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 ALMOST ENTIRELY ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION
AS LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SUNDAY MORNING.
ILC089-093-191145-
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1244 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...FOX RIVER FROM RED GATE ROAD IN ST. CHARLES DOWNSTREAM TO
MILLINGTON, INCLUDING THE MONTGOMERY GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.5 FEET, LOW-LYING PARKING LOTS AT CITY HALL AND
BOY SCOUT ISLAND ARE THREATENED IN ST. CHARLES. FOX RIVER TRAIL IS
THREATENED AT ST. MARY PARK IN ST. CHARLES.
AT 14.0 FEET, LOW-LYING PARK LAND INUNDATED ALONG IL-25 BETWEEN
MONTOMGERY AND OSWEGO. LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF FABYAN FOREST
PRESERVE NEAR BATAVIA, HURDS ISLAND AND GREGORY ISLAND PARK IN
AURORA, AND RIVERFRONT PARK IN NORTH AURORA ARE INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:00 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.7 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 12:00 PM CDT SATURDAY WAS 13.7 FEET. THE RIVER HAS
CLIMBED SLOWLY DUE TO RAINFALL YESTERDAY. THE RIVER IS
CURRENTLY CRESTING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY STEADY
JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4195 8838 4194 8827 4169 8826 4154 8860
4163 8860 4173 8838
ILC089-097-111-191145-
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1244 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...FOX RIVER FROM JOHNSBURG DOWNSTREAM TO RED GATE ROAD IN
ST. CHARLES, INCLUDING THE ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED ALONG RIVER STREET,
JOHNSON STREET, AND MAIDEN LANE IN EAST DUNDEE. NORTH HARRISON
STREET THREATENED NEAR RIVERSIDE PARK IN ALGONQUIN. WASHINGTON
STREET THREATENED IN CARPENTERSVILLE. WATER STREET, EDWARDS
AVENUE, AND ELGIN AVENUE THREATENED IN EAST DUNDEE. BAYVIEW ROAD
THREATENED IN ELGIN. LOW-LYING AREAS OF FESTIVAL PARK ARE
THREATENED IN ELGIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:30 AM CDT SATURDAY WAS 11.2 FEET. THE RIVER
CLIMBED OVERNIGHT DUE TO RAINFALL YESTERDAY.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR 11.5 FEET BY
TOMORROW. THE RIVER WILL THEN SLOWLY CLIMB TO A CREST NEAR
11.8 FEET NEXT WEDNESDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
11.8 FEET ON 05/23/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4238 8829 4234 8818 4223 8813 4194 8827
4195 8838 4219 8830
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