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WGUS43 KLOT 040439
FLWLOT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1139 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
THORN CREEK AT THORNTON AFFECTING COOK COUNTY.
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.
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1139 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...RIVER FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.
* WHERE...THORN CREEK FROM NEAR GLENWOOD DOWNSTREAM TO CONFLUENCE
WITH LITTLE CALUMET RIVER, INCLUDING THE THORNTON GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, ATHLETIC FIELDS ARE INUNDATED AT GLENWOOD
ACADEMY.
AT 9.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO BE DIVERTED THROUGH THORN CREEK
DIVERSION TUNNEL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4161 8760 4158 8754 4151 8760 4154 8767
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