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WGUS83 KLOT 060227
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
927 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
ILLINOIS RIVER AT OTTAWA AFFECTING LA SALLE COUNTY.
ILLINOIS RIVER AT LA SALLE AFFECTING LA SALLE, BUREAU AND PUTNAM
COUNTIES.
FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER (UPPER)...INCLUDING OTTAWA...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 MONDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC099-062000-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-260706T2000Z/
/OTWI2.1.ER.260705T1730Z.260706T0130Z.260706T1200Z.NO/
927 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ILLINOIS RIVER FROM HERITAGE HARBOR EAST OF OTTAWA
DOWNSTREAM TO STARVED ROCK LOCK AND DAM, INCLUDING THE OTTAWA
GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 464.0 FEET, BACKWATER CAUSES THE FOX RIVER TO REACH
BANKFULL NEAR ST. ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTER IN OTTAWA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 463.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER CONTINUES A GRADUAL RISE, BUT IS
APPEARING TO BE CRESTING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING BEFORE BEGINNING A GRADUAL FALL.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 463.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4137 8898 4137 8879 4130 8879 4128 8899
ILC011-099-155-062030-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0052.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/LSLI2.1.ER.260704T2140Z.260706T1200Z.260709T0200Z.NO/
927 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ILLINOIS RIVER FROM STARVED ROCK LOCK AND DAM DOWNSTREAM
TO CONFLUENCE WITH BIG BUREAU CREEK, INCLUDING THE LA SALLE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, LOWER PARKING LOT AT STARVED ROCK STATE
PARK IS INUNDATED EAST OF LA SALLE. HIGH WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO
IMPACT SHIPPING INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER CONTINUES A GRADUAL RISE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST TOMORROW.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4131 8940 4135 8933 4137 8898 4128 8899
4128 8929
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