454  
WGUS83 KLOT 051426  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
926 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
ILLINOIS...  
 
DU PAGE RIVER AT SHOREWOOD AFFECTING WILL COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE DU PAGE RIVER...INCLUDING PLAINFIELD, SHOREWOOD...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 LATE TONIGHT.  
 

 
 
ILC197-060830-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0058.000000T0000Z-260706T1640Z/  
/SORI2.1.ER.260705T1536Z.260705T1800Z.260706T1040Z.NO/  
926 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECASTED TO OCCUR.  
 
* WHERE...DU PAGE RIVER FROM IL-59 IN PLAINFIELD DOWNSTREAM TO  
CONFLUENCE WITH DES PLAINES RIVER, INCLUDING THE SHOREWOOD GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 17.5 FEET, NUMEROUS SECTIONS OF ROLF ROAD AND LILY  
CACHE ROAD WEST OF LOUIS JOLIET MALL ARE INUNDATED. LOWER PORTIONS  
OF ELECTRIC PARK IN PLAINFIELD ARE INUNDATED. THE WEST I-55  
FRONTAGE ROAD IS THREATENED BETWEEN BLACK ROAD AND JEFFERSON  
STREET. PARKING LOT THREATENED AT HAMMEL WOODS JUST NORTH OF  
JEFFERSON STREET (US-52) IN SHOREWOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:45 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS LIKELY NEAR 17 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER HAS LIKELY CRESTED AND SHOULD FALL  
THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.5 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4157 8823 4159 8818 4155 8816 4141 8820  
4141 8826 4153 8822  
 

 
 
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