Flood Warning
NWS Chicago IL ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Late Friday Night
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Illinois... Des Plaines River near Gurnee affecting Lake IL County. ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Illinois... Des Plaines River near Russell affecting Lake IL County.
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 late Friday night.
Impacts
At 7.0 feet, Forest land inundated near the river in Gurnee.
Additional details
- At 8:30 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 7.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 7.8 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
Instructions
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 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 Wednesday afternoon.
Affected areas
- Lake County, IL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Chicago IL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M360SP7PCSX58DJ4ZYJ12WH5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1be9ff2706a5a97a1b88bc94ce30635ea5e9cf38.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Chicago IL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLOT
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3406
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSLOT |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KLOT 230216 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0076.000000T0000Z-260926T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T01:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a133a67c6499ba6d06c3732ce9bb35361ba299fd.002.1,2026-09-21T19:17:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.af6829903fe8a567861900148e8290e89cf15326.001.1,2026-09-21T10:21:00-05:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Lake County, IL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 017097 |
| UGC | ILC097 |
- Polygons
- 42.39,-87.96 42.39,-87.87 42.3,-87.91 42.24,-87.88 42.24,-87.97 42.3,-88.0 42.39,-87.96