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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1132 AM CDT TUE APR 21 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,
KANE AND MCHENRY COUNTIES.
FOR THE FOX RIVER (ILLINOIS)...INCLUDING MONTGOMERY, ALGONQUIN LOCK
& DAM TAILWATER...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE TONIGHT.
ILC089-093-221045-
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1132 AM CDT TUE APR 21 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.6 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER STAGE REMAINS RELATIVELY FLAT.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY STATE.
- 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
ILC089-097-111-221045-
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/AFBI2.3.ER.260414T1200Z.260423T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1132 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR 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 11.5 FEET, RESIDENCES THREATENED ALONG OCEOLA DRIVE
IN ALGONQUIN. A FEW RESIDENCES THREATENED ALONG MCBRIDGE STREET IN
ELGIN. JAYNE STREET AND BEACH DRIVE THREATENED IN ALGONQUIN. RIVER
STREET THREATENED IN EAST DUNDEE. JERUSHA AVENUE THREATENED IN
ELGIN. FOX RIVER TRAIL THREATENED BETWEEN EAST DUNDEE AND ELGIN.
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 10:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER STAGE CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY
RISE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RISE AND REACH
MAJOR FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS WEEK.
- 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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