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WGUS83 KLOT 020052
FLSLOT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
752 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
ILLINOIS...
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 ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AS WELL AS
FORECAST PRECIPITATION 48 HOURS INTO THE FUTURE. CHANGES TO THE
RAINFALL FORECAST, OR ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AFTER 48 HOURS, MAY
CAUSE CHANGES TO THESE RIVER FORECASTS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
ILC097-021900-
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752 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECASTED TO OCCUR.
* WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM IL/WI STATE LINE DOWNSTREAM TO US-41
IN GURNEE, INCLUDING THE RUSSELL GAUGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, LOW-LYING WETLANDS AND AGRICULTURAL LAND IS
INUNDATED NEAR THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW EVENING TO A CREST OF 7.4 FEET SATURDAY EVENING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.4
FEET ON 02/17/2005.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4251 8797 4250 8787 4247 8789 4239 8787
4239 8796 4247 8799
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