646  
WGUS83 KLOT 031502  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
1002 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
ILLINOIS...  
 
FOX RIVER AT ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER AFFECTING LAKE IL,  
MCHENRY AND KANE COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE FOX RIVER (ILLINOIS)...INCLUDING ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM  
TAILWATER, MONTGOMERY, DAYTON...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
ILC089-097-111-040915-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-260505T1800Z/  
/AFBI2.3.ER.260414T1200Z.260423T0700Z.260505T1200Z.NO/  
1002 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR 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 AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, WINAKI TRAIL AND ONAWAY TRAIL ARE  
THREATENED SOUTH OF ALGONQUIN. ATHLETIC FIELDS INUNDATED AT JUDSON  
COLLEGE IN ELGIN.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:30 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 9:30 AM CDT SUNDAY WAS 10.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY  
FALL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
9.4 FEET ON 07/18/2024.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4238 8829 4234 8818 4223 8813 4194 8827  
4195 8838 4219 8830  
 
 
 
YACK  
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