AREAS AFFECTED : LAKE, IL
...The National Weather Service in Chicago IL 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,
Lincolnshire...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 this afternoon to Wednesday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, Forest land inundated near the river in
Gurnee.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:30 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 6.8 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this afternoon to a crest of just under 8 feet tomorrow
morning. It will then fall below flood stage sometime around
the middle of next week.
- Flood stage is 7.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood