798  
WGUS83 KLOT 010157  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
857 PM CDT THU APR 30 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
ILLINOIS...  
 
FOX RIVER AT ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER AFFECTING KANE, LAKE  
IL AND MCHENRY COUNTIES.  
 
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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 

 
 
ILC089-097-111-012000-  
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-260505T0600Z/  
/AFBI2.3.ER.260414T1200Z.260423T0700Z.260505T0000Z.NO/  
857 PM CDT THU APR 30 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...FOX RIVER FROM JOHNSBURG DOWNSTREAM TO RED GATE ROAD IN  
ST. CHARLES, INCLUDING THE ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED NEAR ELGIN AVENUE  
AND COREY STREET SOUTH OF EAST DUNDEE. LINCOLN AVENUE THREATENED  
IN WEST DUNDEE. FILIP STREET AND FOX RIVER DRIVE THREATENED IN  
ALGONQUIN. FOX RIVER TRAIL THREATENED SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ELGIN.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:30 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A GRADUAL FALL.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4238 8829 4234 8818 4223 8813 4194 8827  
4195 8838 4219 8830  
 

 
 
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