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River Flood Warning
Issued: 2:34 PM Apr. 8, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecasted. * WHERE...Des Plaines River from Townline Road in Libertyville downstream to Palatine Road in Prospect Heights, including the Lincolnshire gauge. * WHEN...From late tonight to early tomorrow afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, Low-lying trails in Wright Woods Forest Preserve are inundated. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:45 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 12.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 12.5 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 12.5 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood &&
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