606  
WGUS83 KLOT 190057  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
757 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
ILLINOIS...  
 
KISHWAUKEE RIVER NEAR PERRYVILLE 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
 
 
ILC201-191900-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-260421T1800Z/  
/PRYI2.1.ER.260416T1623Z.260419T1200Z.260421T1200Z.NO/  
757 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.  
 
* WHERE...KISHWAUKEE RIVER FROM CONFLUENCE WITH SOUTH BRANCH  
KISHWAUKEE RIVER DOWNSTREAM TO THE ROCK RIVER, INCLUDING THE  
PERRYVILLE GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, ROADWAYS THREATENED AT BLACKHAWK VALLEY  
CAMPGROUND SOUTH OF ROCKFORD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST NEAR 14.0  
FEET TOMORROW MORNING, AND THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  
SOME POINT TUESDAY.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4221 8910 4221 8903 4225 8898 4223 8893  
4217 8899 4217 8916  
 
 
 
BORCHARDT  
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