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WGUS83 KLOT 300544
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1244 AM CDT THU APR 30 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
ROCK RIVER AT LATHAM PARK AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS MORNING.
ILC201-301500-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-260430T1500Z/
/LATI2.2.ER.260416T1543Z.260419T1330Z.260430T0330Z.NO/
1244 AM CDT THU APR 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...ROCK RIVER FROM SWANSON ROAD IN ROSCOE DOWNSTREAM TO
SHOREWOOD PARK IN LOVES PARK, INCLUDING THE LATHAM PARK GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, BOATHOUSES THREATENED ALONG THE RIVER IN
MACHESNEY PARK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:30 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH
THE DAY.
- 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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