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WGUS83 KLOT 200116
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
816 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER AT LINCOLNSHIRE AFFECTING COOK AND LAKE IL
COUNTIES.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR DES PLAINES AFFECTING COOK COUNTY.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR RUSSELL AFFECTING LAKE IL COUNTY.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE AFFECTING LAKE IL 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 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC031-097-201930-
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816 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM TOWNLINE ROAD IN LIBERTYVILLE
DOWNSTREAM TO PALATINE ROAD IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS, INCLUDING THE
LINCOLNSHIRE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED ALONG IL-22
(HALF-DAY ROAD) JUST EAST OF THE RIVER. MULTIPLE STRUCTURES
THREATENED NEAR AND WEST OF US-45 (MILWAUKEE AVENUE) AND DEERFIELD
ROAD. DEERFIELD ROAD THREATENED NEAR THE RIVER. MULTIPLE TRAILS
INUNDATED IN HALF-DAY FOREST PRESERVE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER APPEARS CLOSE TO CRESTING. IT IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR 15.1 TO 15.2 FEET THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY FALLING THEREAFTER. IT IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4224 8797 4224 8788 4212 8784 4212 8794
ILC031-201930-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/DSPI2.1.ER.260415T1630Z.260420T0600Z.260423T1930Z.NO/
816 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM PALATINE ROAD IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS
DOWNSTREAM TO IRVING PARK ROAD IN CHICAGO, INCLUDING THE DES
PLAINES GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.5 FEET, BIG BEND ROAD THREATENED IN DES PLAINES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER APPEARS TO BE CLOSE TO CRESTING. IT IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BUT WILL
REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4212 8794 4212 8784 4197 8780 4196 8790
ILC097-201930-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/RUSI2.2.ER.260415T1155Z.260419T1530Z.260426T0600Z.NO/
816 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM IL/WI STATE LINE DOWNSTREAM TO
US-41 IN GURNEE, INCLUDING THE RUSSELL GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.5 FEET, RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES THREATENED ALONG
RUSSELL ROAD BETWEEN THE RIVER AND KILBOURNE ROAD. INDUSTRIAL
PARKING LOTS THREATENED ALONG KILBOURNE ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER APPEARS TO BE CLOSE TO CRESTING. IT IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BUT WILL
REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.7 FEET ON 04/02/1960.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4251 8797 4250 8787 4247 8789 4239 8787
4239 8796 4247 8799
ILC097-201930-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/GUNI2.2.ER.260415T0856Z.260419T1530Z.260424T0300Z.NO/
816 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM US-41 IN GURNEE DOWNSTREAM TO
TOWNLINE ROAD IN VERNON HILLS, INCLUDING THE GURNEE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, US-41 (SKOKIE HIGHWAY) THREATENED NEAR THE
RIVER IN GURNEE. MUNDELEIN WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY PROPERTY IS
THREATENED NEAR LIBERTYVILLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER APPEARS TO HAVE CRESTED. IT WILL
CONTINUE GRADUALLY FALLING, BUT WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4239 8796 4239 8787 4230 8791 4224 8788
4224 8797 4230 8800
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