Flood Warning

NWS Chicago IL · US

Updated

Details

Flood Warning Now In Effect Until Late Tuesday Night

Event: Flood Warning
Issued: 2026-09-24 16:12:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-24 16:12:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-25 10:15:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-30 06:00:00 UTC
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. Des Plaines River near Russell affecting Lake IL County. For the Des Plaines River...including Russell, Gurnee, Lincolnshire, Des Plaines, River Forest, Riverside...Moderate flooding is forecast.

What

Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.

Where

Des Plaines River from IL/WI state line downstream to US-41 in Gurnee, including the Russell gauge.

When

Until late Tuesday night.

Impacts

At 9.5 feet, Residential structures threatened along Russell Road between the river and Kilbourne Road. Industrial parking lots threatened along Kilbourne Road.

Additional details

- At 10:30 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 9.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is then expected to fall below flood stage early next week. - 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 late tonight.

Affected areas

Lake County, IL

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Chicago IL
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-24 16:12:28 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~28s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M3A314SVXRQ0GCARMKNM03NF
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b27f8f406ffaecbd4b82dc6639c78ffa8cce751f.002.1
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.5862
WMO heading: XOUS53
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 53

References

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	FLS
NationalWeatherService	FLW

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	FLSLOT
WMOidentifier	WGUS83 KLOT 241612
NWSheadline	FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
VTEC	/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0075.000000T0000Z-260930T0600Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-30T01:00:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

Lake County, IL

Name	Value
SAME	017097
UGC	ILC097

Polygons: 42.51,-87.97 42.5,-87.87 42.47,-87.89 42.39,-87.87 42.39,-87.96 42.47,-87.99 42.51,-87.97