876  
WGUS43 KLOT 050133  
FLWLOT  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
833 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND INCREASED IN  
DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...  
 
FOX RIVER AT DAYTON AFFECTING LA SALLE COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE FOX RIVER (ILLINOIS)...INCLUDING DAYTON...MODERATE 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
 
 
ILC099-051945-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0054.000000T0000Z-260707T1424Z/  
/DAYI2.2.ER.260704T2202Z.260705T1800Z.260707T0824Z.NO/  
833 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TUESDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...FOX RIVER FROM MILLINGTON DOWNSTREAM TO CONFLUENCE WITH  
THE ILLINOIS RIVER, INCLUDING THE DAYTON GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 14.5 FEET, LOW-LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND INUNDATED NEAR  
NORWAY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 7:45 PM CDT SATURDAY WAS 13.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.1  
FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
15.1 FEET ON 02/07/2019.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4163 8860 4154 8860 4134 8878 4134 8888  
4157 8871  
 
 
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