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WGUS83 KLOT 130233
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
933 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
ILLINOIS RIVER AT OTTAWA AFFECTING LA SALLE COUNTY.
ILLINOIS RIVER AT LA SALLE AFFECTING LA SALLE, BUREAU AND PUTNAM
COUNTIES.
FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER (UPPER)...INCLUDING MORRIS, OTTAWA, LA
SALLE...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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC099-131800-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-260613T1800Z/
/OTWI2.1.ER.260613T1200Z.260613T1200Z.260613T1200Z.NO/
933 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ILLINOIS RIVER FROM HERITAGE HARBOR EAST OF OTTAWA
DOWNSTREAM TO STARVED ROCK LOCK AND DAM, INCLUDING THE OTTAWA
GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 462.5 FEET, ROADWAY ENTRANCE TO ALLEN PARK THREATENED
IN OTTAWA. ALLEN PARK WEST BOAT RAMP INUNDATED IN OTTAWA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 462.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 463.0
FEET TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 463.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4137 8898 4137 8879 4130 8879 4128 8899
ILC011-099-155-132045-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-260617T1200Z/
/LSLI2.1.ER.260612T0215Z.260613T1200Z.260617T0600Z.NO/
933 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ILLINOIS RIVER FROM STARVED ROCK LOCK AND DAM DOWNSTREAM
TO CONFLUENCE WITH BIG BUREAU CREEK, INCLUDING THE LA SALLE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, LOWER PARKING LOT AT STARVED ROCK STATE
PARK IS INUNDATED EAST OF LA SALLE. HIGH WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO
IMPACT SHIPPING INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 23.5
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4131 8940 4135 8933 4137 8898 4128 8899
4128 8929
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