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WGUS83 KLOT 200102
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
802 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
PECATONICA RIVER NEAR SHIRLAND 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC201-201915-
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/SIRI2.2.ER.260418T0022Z.260420T1200Z.260424T1800Z.NO/
802 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECASTED.
* WHERE...PECATONICA RIVER FROM WINNEBAGO COUNTY LINE DOWNSTREAM TO
CONFLUENCE WITH THE ROCK RIVER, INCLUDING THE SHIRLAND GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED AT RIVERS EDGE
CAMPGROUND EAST OF SHIRLAND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 14.1
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN SLOWLY FALL THROUGHOUT
THE WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4236 8940 4247 8922 4249 8909 4242 8907
4240 8917 4226 8940
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