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WGUS83 KLOT 251531
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1031 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
ROCK RIVER AT ROCKTON AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
FOR THE ROCK RIVER...INCLUDING ROCKTON, LATHAM PARK, ROCKFORD
(AUBURN STREET), BYRON, DIXON...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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.
ILC201-260945-
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1031 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING
* 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 WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.5 FEET, EDGEMERE TERRACE THREATENED NEAR ROSCOE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.2 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
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