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WGUS83 KLOT 051431  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
931 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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.  
 
 
 
ILC031-060845-  
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/THNI2.1.ER.260704T0732Z.260704T1845Z.260706T1120Z.NO/  
931 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON  
 
* 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 EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED ALONG GLENWOOD  
THORNTON ROAD NORTH OF GLENWOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:15 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH  
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  
- 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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