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Rivers and streams across northeast Illinois into northwest Indiana all are on the rise, many in flood or nearing bank full this Wednesday morning. Heavy 1-3 inch rainfall during the past 24 hrs on top of already saturated soils from previous rains for the most part were direct run-off into already swollen rivers and streams. Major flooding is forecast for the Illinois River segments at LaSalle, Morris and Ottawa and the Kankakee River at Shelby.
Below is a listing of river stages and forecasts compiled by the Chicago National Weather Service office. Advisories are issued for segments of rivers nearing bank full.
Hydrologic Summary
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
730 AM CDT Wed May 1 2019
Location Flood Stage Time 24-hr Flood
Stage Today Change Forecasts
North Branch Chicago River
Chicago (Pulaski Road 18.0 15.62 07 AM Wed 0.50 ADVISORY
Des Plaines River
Russell 7.0 5.41 06 AM Wed 0.86
Gurnee 7.0 5.76 06 AM Wed 1.30 ADVISORY
Lincolnshire 12.5 11.08 07 AM Wed 0.98 ADVISORY
Des Plaines 15.0 15.08 07 AM Wed 2.14 MINOR
River Forest 16.0 13.17 07 AM Wed 2.01 ADVISORY
Riverside 7.5 7.77 07 AM Wed 1.33 MINOR
Fox River
Algonquin Lock & Dam t 9.5 8.55 06 AM Wed 0.61 MINOR
Montgomery 13.0 13.62 06 AM Wed 0.52 MINOR
Dayton 12.0 15.38 07 AM Wed 3.03 MODERATE
East Branch Du Page River
Bolingbrook 19.5 21.13 07 AM Wed 0.88 MODERATE
West Branch Du Page River
Warrenville 11.5 12.12 07 AM Wed 0.73 MINOR
Du Page River
Plainfield 12.0 12.69 07 AM Wed 1.74 MINOR
Shorewood 6.5 7.81 07 AM Wed 2.02 MODERATE
Iroquois River
Rensselaer 12.0 11.58 06 AM Wed 3.83 MINOR
Foresman 18.0 16.54 07 AM Wed 4.01 MINOR
Chebanse 16.0 12.51 07 AM Wed 5.82 MINOR
Iroquois 18.0 17.28 07 AM Wed 5.56 MINOR
Sugar Creek
Milford 18.0 16.29 07 AM Wed 5.90 MINOR
Kankakee River
Dunns Bridge 10.0 9.05 07 AM Wed 1.41 MODERATE
Kouts 11.0 10.18 07 AM Wed 1.72 MODERATE
Shelby 9.0 10.47 07 AM Wed 1.37 MAJOR
Momence 5.0 5.46 07 AM Wed 1.60 MODERATE
Wilmington 6.5 5.96 07 AM Wed 2.12 MODERATE
Thorn Creek
Thornton 10.0 11.61 06 AM Wed 1.98 MINOR
Little Calumet River
Dyer 12.0 9.35 07 AM Wed 2.44
Munster 12.0 14.01 07 AM Wed 2.46 MODERATE
South Holland 16.5 15.82 07 AM Wed 2.53 MINOR
Mazon River
Coal City 12.0 10.80 07 AM Wed 3.84 MODERATE
Vermilion River
Pontiac 14.0 12.31 07 AM Wed 6.58 MODERATE
Leonore 16.0 18.11 07 AM Wed 8.41 MODERATE
Upper Illinois River
Morris 16.0 16.84 07 AM Wed 4.02 MAJOR
Ottawa 463.0 465.98 06 AM Wed 3.14 MAJOR
La Salle 20.0 25.25 07 AM Wed 4.47 MAJOR
S Branch Kishwaukee River
De Kalb 10.0 7.90 07 AM Wed 0.36
Kishwaukee River
Belvidere 9.0 M M M ADVISORY
Perryville 12.0 11.37 06 AM Wed 0.95 MINOR
Pecatonica River
Shirland 12.0 10.34 07 AM Wed 0.78 ADVISORY
Rock River
Rockton 10.0 7.29 06 AM Wed 0.44
Latham Park 9.0 M M M ADVISORY
Rockford (Auburn St) 6.0 3.33 07 AM Wed 0.38
Byron 13.0 -70.51 07 AM Wed ERR ADVISORY
Dixon 16.0 13.56 06 AM Wed 0.89 ADVISORY
