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WGUS83 KLOT 261532  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
1032 AM CDT SUN APR 26 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 LATE TONIGHT.  
 
 
 
ILC201-270945-  
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-260430T0000Z/  
/ROKI2.2.ER.260416T2122Z.260419T0445Z.260429T1800Z.NO/  
1032 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS FORECAST 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 SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL, BUT WILL LIKELY  
REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE 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  
 
 
 
ILC201-270945-  
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-260430T1200Z/  
/LATI2.2.ER.260416T1543Z.260419T1330Z.260430T0600Z.NO/  
1032 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE.  
 
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER FROM SWANSON ROAD IN ROSCOE DOWNSTREAM TO  
SHOREWOOD PARK IN LOVES PARK, INCLUDING THE LATHAM PARK GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, PROPERTY AND TRAILS NEAR THE BOAT RAMP AT  
BAUER PARKWAY ARE THREATENED. ILLINOIS DNR CONSIDERS CLOSURE OF  
THE ROCK RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:30 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO ONLY GRADUALLY FALL OVER  
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD  
STAGE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE 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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