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WGUS63 KLOT 200306
FFALOT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1006 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
DU PAGE RIVER AT SHOREWOOD AFFECTING SOUTHERN WILL AND NORTHERN
WILL ZONES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS WATER LEVELS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ARE POSSIBLE, BUT
NOT YET CERTAIN, BASED UPON THE LATEST FORECASTS. PERSONS ALONG
RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
ILZ106-107-202115-
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/SORI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1006 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...DU PAGE RIVER FROM IL-59 IN PLAINFIELD DOWNSTREAM TO
CONFLUENCE WITH DES PLAINES RIVER, INCLUDING THE SHOREWOOD GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, CLARK DRIVE THREATENED IN SHOREWOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- 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
PETR
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