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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1109 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2026
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LAKE IL IL-MCHENRY IL-
1109 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, LAKE IL AND MCHENRY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 PM CDT THURSDAY.
* 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 THIS WEEK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1107 AM CDT, RIVER GAUGES ALONG THE FOX RIVER CHAIN OF
LAKES INDICATE THAT WATER LEVELS ARE SLOWLY RECEDING
FOLLOWING A CREST IN MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. THE LATEST FORECAST
FROM THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES INDICATES
THAT WATER LEVELS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RECEDE THIS WEEK.
- WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH
THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS ON
MONDAY, FLOODING COULD PERSIST INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY.
- 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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