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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1002 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
ROCK RIVER AT DIXON AFFECTING OGLE AND LEE COUNTIES.
FOR THE ROCK RIVER...INCLUDING DIXON...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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.
ILC103-141-202115-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.W.0033.260420T1200Z-260421T0000Z/
/DXRI2.1.ER.260420T1200Z.260420T1200Z.260420T1800Z.NO/
1002 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING TO TOMORROW EVENING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECASTED.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER FROM CASTLE ROCK STATE PARK NEAR OREGON
DOWNSTREAM TO LEE COUNTY LINE, INCLUDING THE DIXON GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY MORNING TO TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, N CANAL DRIVE THREATENED IN WOODLAND
SHORES. WATER OVERFLOWS LOW-LYING BANKS ALONG WEST FIRST STREET IN
DIXON. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THREATENED NEAR SHERMAN AVENUE AND
RIVER STREET IN DIXON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.0
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4183 8963 4192 8948 4198 8942 4195 8932
4183 8943 4175 8963
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