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WGUS83 KLOT 240148
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
848 PM CDT THU APR 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
ROCK RIVER AT ROCKTON AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
ROCK RIVER AT LATHAM PARK 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC201-242000-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/ROKI2.2.ER.260416T2122Z.260419T0445Z.260430T1200Z.NO/
848 PM CDT THU APR 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS FORECASTED TO
CONTINUE.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER FROM PRAIRIE HILL ROAD DOWNSTREAM TO SWANSON
ROAD IN ROSCOE, INCLUDING THE ROCKTON GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, MULTIPLE LOW-LYING ROADS THREATENED ALONG
THE RIVER IN ROSCOE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT THURSDAY, THE STAGE WAS 11.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO ONLY GRADUALLY FALL
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IT MAY FALL INTO MINOR FLOOD STAGE BY
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4248 8910 4247 8902 4245 8902 4239 8898
4239 8908 4246 8912
ILC201-242000-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/LATI2.2.ER.260416T1543Z.260419T1330Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
848 PM CDT THU APR 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER FROM SWANSON ROAD IN ROSCOE DOWNSTREAM TO
SHOREWOOD PARK IN LOVES PARK, INCLUDING THE LATHAM PARK GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, LOW-LYING SECTIONS OF HARBOR OAKS DRIVE
ARE THREATENED IN NORTH MACHESNEY PARK. LOW-LYING RESIDENCES ARE
THREATENED ALONG QUEEN OAKS DRIVE IN MACHESNEY PARK. BROWNS BEACH
ROAD IS THREATENED IN NORTH ROCKFORD. LOWER PARKING LOT OF
SPORTSCORE ONE IS INUNDATED IN NORTH ROCKFORD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT THURSDAY, THE STAGE WAS 10.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO ONLY GRADUALLY FALL
THROUGH NEXT WEEK AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4239 8908 4239 8898 4230 8903 4230 8911
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