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WGUS83 KLOT 041637
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1137 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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 LATE TONIGHT.
ILC031-051045-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-260706T1200Z/
/THNI2.1.ER.260704T0732Z.260704T1615Z.260705T2300Z.NO/
1137 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECASTED TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...THORN CREEK FROM NEAR GLENWOOD DOWNSTREAM TO CONFLUENCE
WITH LITTLE CALUMET RIVER, INCLUDING THE THORNTON GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, PARKING LOTS THREATENED AT GLENWOOD
ACADEMY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:15 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER APPEARS TO BE CRESTING AND IS FORECASTED
TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL TODAY MAY CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AGAIN.
- 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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