698
WGUS63 KLOT 302200
FFALOT
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
500 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE AFFECTING LAKE IL ZONE.
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 THURSDAY MORNING.
ILZ006-011600-
/O.NEW.KLOT.FL.A.0038.261002T1800Z-261004T0000Z/
/GUNI2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
500 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM US-41 IN GURNEE DOWNSTREAM TO
TOWNLINE ROAD IN VERNON HILLS, INCLUDING THE GURNEE GAUGE.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:30 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
- 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
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