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Flood Warning

Status

New Event Expired

Start Time

Sun 08/17/2025 02:00 PM EDT

End Time

Mon 08/18/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Significance

Warning

Impacts

High impact

Locations Affected

Shorewood, IL ∙ Channahon, IL

Headline

...The National Weather Service in Chicago IL has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Illinois...
Du Page River at Shorewood affecting Will County.
For the Du Page River...including Plainfield, Shorewood...Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued by late tonight.
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Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Warning National Weather Service Chicago IL 947 AM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 ...The National Weather Service in Chicago IL has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Illinois... Du Page River at Shorewood affecting Will County. For the Du Page River...including Plainfield, Shorewood...Minor flooding is forecast. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued by late tonight. && ...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW MORNING... * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Du Page River from IL-59 in Plainfield downstream to confluence with Des Plaines River, including the Shorewood gauge. * WHEN...From this afternoon to Monday morning. * IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Clark Drive threatened in Shorewood. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:45 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 13.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this afternoon to a crest of 16.1 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage late tonight. - Flood stage is 15.5 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood && LAT...LON 4157 8823 4159 8818 4155 8816 4141 8820 4141 8826 4153 8822

Technical Header

ILC197-180900- /O.NEW.KLOT.FL.W.0003.250817T1800Z-250818T1200Z/ /SORI2.1.ER.250817T1851Z.250818T0000Z.250818T0916Z.NO/ 947 AM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025