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WGUS83 KLOT 180034
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
734 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
SUGAR CREEK AT MILFORD AFFECTING IROQUOIS 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 TUESDAY MORNING.
ILC075-181500-
/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0072.000000T0000Z-260818T1500Z/
/MILI2.1.ER.260816T0732Z.260817T0000Z.260818T0700Z.NO/
734 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...SUGAR CREEK FROM NEAR MILFORD DOWNSTREAM TO CONFLUENCE WITH
IROQUOIS RIVER AT WATSEKA, INCLUDING THE MILFORD GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, COUNTY ROAD 1090N THREATENED EAST OF THE
RIVER NORTH OF MILFORD. RECREATION FIELDS INUNDATED NEAR THE RIVER
IN SOUTHWEST MILFORD. ROADWAYS ARE THREATENED AT LEGION PARK IN
WATSEKA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4079 8778 4079 8770 4066 8768 4066 8763
4059 8763 4058 8776
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