994  
WGUS43 KLOT 231523  
FLWLOT  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
1023 AM CDT THU APR 23 2026  
 
...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY 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 LATE TONIGHT.  
 
 
 
ILC201-240930-  
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/SIRI2.1.ER.260418T0022Z.260420T1815Z.260428T0000Z.NO/  
1023 AM CDT THU APR 23 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* 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 10:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY FALL TO BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE EARLY NEXT 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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