Wilmette, IL Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Thorn Creek from Near Glenwood downstream to confluence
with Little Calumet River, including the Thornton gauge.

* WHEN...Until Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 13.5 feet, Chicago Heights Glenwood Road threatened in
Glenwood. Residential parking lots threatened along Margaret Street
in Thornton.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:45 PM CDT Friday the stage was 9.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river may fall to near flood stage late this
evening, although additional rainfall in the forecast may prolong
flooding impacts, resulting in another rise on Saturday into
Saturday evening.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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