083  
WGUS83 KLOT 030130  
FLSLOT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
830 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 

 
 
ILC031-031930-  
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0065.000000T0000Z-260803T2100Z/  
/THNI2.1.ER.260801T2013Z.260802T1130Z.260803T1708Z.NO/  
830 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...THORN CREEK FROM NEAR GLENWOOD DOWNSTREAM TO CONFLUENCE  
WITH LITTLE CALUMET RIVER, INCLUDING THE THORNTON GAUGE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, 187TH STREET THREATENED IN GLENWOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:15 PM CDT SUNDAY, THE STAGE WAS 11.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER HAS CRESTED AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
- 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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