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WGUS83 KLOT 220122
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
822 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
PECATONICA RIVER NEAR SHIRLAND AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC201-221930-
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/SIRI2.2.ER.260418T0022Z.260420T1815Z.260426T1200Z.NO/
822 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* 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 8:00 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY FALL OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
- 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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