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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
848 AM CDT WED APR 29 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
ROCK RIVER AT LATHAM PARK AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
ROCK RIVER AT ROCKTON 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 THIS EVENING.
ILC201-300600-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-260430T0600Z/
/LATI2.2.ER.260416T1543Z.260419T1330Z.260430T0000Z.NO/
848 AM CDT WED APR 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER FROM SWANSON ROAD IN ROSCOE DOWNSTREAM TO
SHOREWOOD PARK IN LOVES PARK, INCLUDING THE LATHAM PARK GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, BOATHOUSES THREATENED ALONG THE RIVER IN
MACHESNEY PARK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER STAGE CONTINUES A GRADUAL SLOW
FALL.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4239 8908 4239 8898 4230 8903 4230 8911
ILC201-300000-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-260430T0000Z/
/ROKI2.2.ER.260416T2122Z.260419T0445Z.260429T1800Z.NO/
848 AM CDT WED APR 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER FROM PRAIRIE HILL ROAD DOWNSTREAM TO SWANSON
ROAD IN ROSCOE, INCLUDING THE ROCKTON GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, LOW-LYING STRUCTURES ARE THREATENED ALONG
EDGEMERE TERRACE NEAR ROSCOE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER STAGE CONTINUES A GRADUAL SLOW
FALL.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON.
- 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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