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WGUS83 KLOT 150101
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
801 PM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
THORN CREEK AT THORNTON AFFECTING COOK COUNTY.
FOR THE THORN CREEK...INCLUDING THORNTON...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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC031-151915-
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801 PM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* 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 MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.5 FEET, CHICAGO HEIGHTS GLENWOOD ROAD THREATENED IN
GLENWOOD. RESIDENTIAL PARKING LOTS THREATENED ALONG MARGARET STREET
IN THORNTON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER MAY FALL TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
EVENING, ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST MAY PROLONG
FLOODING IMPACTS, RESULTING IN ANOTHER RISE ON SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY EVENING.
- 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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