316  
WGUS43 KLOT 011313  
FLWLOT  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
813 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING  
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...  
 
EAST BRANCH DU PAGE RIVER AT BOLINGBROOK AFFECTING DUPAGE AND WILL  
COUNTIES.  
 
DU PAGE RIVER AT SHOREWOOD AFFECTING WILL 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.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 215 AM CDT.  
 

 
 
ILC043-197-020715-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.W.0063.260801T1718Z-260802T0900Z/  
/BOLI2.1.ER.260801T1718Z.260801T1800Z.260802T0300Z.NO/  
813 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...EAST BRANCH DU PAGE RIVER FROM MAPLE AVENUE IN LISLE  
DOWNSTREAM TO CONFLUENCE WITH WEST BRANCH DUPAGE RIVER, INCLUDING  
THE BOLINGBROOK GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, DUPAGE RIVER GREENWAY TRAIL IS THREATENED  
EAST OF THE RIVER NEAR ROYCE ROAD IN BOLINGBROOK. TRAILS THREATENED  
AT GREEN VALLEY FOREST PRESERVE NEAR WOODRIDGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:40 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS  
AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 20.3 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN  
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4180 8809 4179 8805 4170 8806 4169 8814  
4172 8817 4174 8810  
 

 
 
ILC197-020715-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.W.0064.260802T0325Z-260803T0500Z/  
/SORI2.1.ER.260802T0325Z.260802T1200Z.260802T2315Z.NO/  
813 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...DU PAGE RIVER FROM IL-59 IN PLAINFIELD DOWNSTREAM TO  
CONFLUENCE WITH DES PLAINES RIVER, INCLUDING THE SHOREWOOD GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, CLARK DRIVE THREATENED IN SHOREWOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 16.4 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL  
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.  
- 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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