NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued September 21 at 10:21AM CDT until September 26 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
...The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a Flood Warning
for the following rivers in Illinois...
Des Plaines River near Gurnee affecting Lake IL County.
For the Des Plaines River...including Russell, Gurnee...Minor
flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...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...From Tuesday morning to late Friday night.
* IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, Forest land inundated near the river in
Gurnee.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:30 AM CDT Monday the stage was 6.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow morning to a crest of 8.0 feet early Thursday morning.
It will then fall below flood stage Friday evening.
- Flood stage is 7.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 675th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days