827
WGUS83 KLOT 241900
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
200 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2026
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LAKE IL IL-MCHENRY IL-
200 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, LAKE IL AND MCHENRY.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...NUMEROUS ROADS, YARDS, STRUCTURES, AND AREAS OF PARK
LAND ARE FLOODING ALONG THE FOX RIVER CHAIN OF LAKES. FLOODING
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST NEXT WEEK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 102 PM CDT, RIVER GAUGES ALONG THE FOX RIVER CHAIN OF
LAKES INDICATE THAT WATER LEVELS ARE NOW BEGINNING TO SLOWLY
RECEDE FOLLOWING A RECENT CREST IN MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. THE
LATEST FORECAST FROM THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES INDICATES THAT WATER LEVELS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY RECEDE INTO NEXT WEEK.
- WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT
LEAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, ASSUMING NO ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OCCURS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE AREAS
ALONG THE FOX RIVER CHAIN OF LAKES, INCLUDING NIPPERSINK
LAKE, FOX LAKE, PISTAKEE LAKE, PETITE LAKE, LAKE MARIE,
CHANNEL LAKE, AND LAKE CATHERINE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4250 8810 4250 8809 4245 8809 4238 8813
4234 8818 4238 8829 4242 8820 4246 8820
4250 8820 4250 8819
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