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Effective:   2024-07-15 13:03:00 Local Time  
Expires:   2024-07-17 19:00:00 Local Time <-- EXPIRED! [Archived Message Only]
 
Event:   FLOOD WATCH
 
Alert:   FLOOD WATCH ISSUED JULY 15 AT 1:03PM CDT UNTIL JULY 17 AT 7:00PM CDT

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO IL HAS ISSUED A FLOODWATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS... DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR DES PLAINES AFFECTING NORTHERN COOK AND CENTRAL COOK ZONES. DES PLAINES RIVER AT LINCOLNSHIRE AFFECTING NORTHERN COOK AND LAKE IL ZONES. DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE AFFECTING LAKE IL ZONE. DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR RUSSELL AFFECTING LAKE IL ZONE. DES PLAINES RIVER AT RIVERSIDE AFFECTING CENTRAL COOK ZONE. FOR THE DES PLAINES RIVER...INCLUDING RUSSELL, GURNEE, LINCOLNSHIRE, DES PLAINES...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * WHERE...DES PLAINES RIVER FROM PALATINE ROAD IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS DOWNSTREAM TO IRVING PARK ROAD IN CHICAGO, INCLUDING THE DES PLAINES GAUGE. * WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, LOW-LYING METHODIST CAMPGROUND PROPERTY AND FOREST PRESERVE PROPERTY THREATENED NEAR DES PLAINES. AT 15.0 FEET, STRUCTURES THREATENED AT METHODIST CAMPGROUND IN DES PLAINES. FOREST PRESERVE ROADWAYS ARE THREATENED. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - AT 11:45 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.7 FEET. - FORECAST...THE RIVER MAY RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT AND CREST NEAR 15 TO 16 FEET ON TUESDAY. - FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. - HTTP: WWW.WEATHER.GOV SAFETY FLOOD
 
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Targt Area:   NORTHERN COOK, CENTRAL COOK

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Issued by:   NWS Chicago IL [LOT]


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