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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
929 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
FOX RIVER AT ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER AFFECTING KANE,
MCHENRY AND LAKE IL COUNTIES.
FOR THE FOX RIVER (ILLINOIS)...INCLUDING ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM
TAILWATER...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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 LATE TONIGHT.
ILC089-097-111-050830-
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/AFBI2.3.ER.260414T1200Z.260423T0700Z.260505T1800Z.NO/
929 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECASTED TO OCCUR.
* WHERE...FOX RIVER FROM JOHNSBURG DOWNSTREAM TO RED GATE ROAD IN
ST. CHARLES, INCLUDING THE ALGONQUIN LOCK & DAM TAILWATER GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* 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 8:30 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 7.9 FEET
MONDAY, MAY 11.
- 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
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