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WGUS83 KLOT 270212
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
912 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE AFFECTING LAKE IL COUNTY.
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR RUSSELL AFFECTING LAKE IL 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 ALMOST ENTIRELY ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION
AS LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC097-272015-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0076.000000T0000Z-260928T1800Z/
/GUNI2.1.ER.260923T0015Z.260925T1015Z.260928T1200Z.NO/
912 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM US-41 IN GURNEE DOWNSTREAM TO
TOWNLINE ROAD IN VERNON HILLS, INCLUDING THE GURNEE GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, FOREST LAND INUNDATED NEAR THE RIVER IN
GURNEE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER HAS CONTINUED A GRADUAL FALL.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE ON
MONDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4239 8796 4239 8787 4230 8791 4224 8788
4224 8797 4230 8800
ILC097-272015-
/O.CON.KLOT.FL.W.0075.000000T0000Z-261001T1200Z/
/RUSI2.2.ER.260920T2022Z.260923T1430Z.261001T0600Z.NO/
912 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM IL/WI STATE LINE DOWNSTREAM TO US-41
IN GURNEE, INCLUDING THE RUSSELL GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL AND PARK LAND IS INUNDATED NEAR
THE RIVER. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS THREATENED NEAR THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER HAS CONTINUED A GRADUAL FALL.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE ON
THURSDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4251 8797 4250 8787 4247 8789 4239 8787
4239 8796 4247 8799
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