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NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued July 4 at 8:57PM CDT until July 6 at 11:18AM CDT by NWS Chicago IL

...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 Shorewood...Minor flooding is
forecast.

* 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...Until late Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 17.5 feet, Numerous sections of Rolf Road and Lily
Cache Road west of Louis Joliet Mall are inundated. Lower portions
of Electric Park in Plainfield are inundated. The west I-55
frontage road is threatened between Black Road and Jefferson
Street. Parking lot threatened at Hammel Woods just north of
Jefferson Street (US-52) in Shorewood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:45 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 14.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this evening to a crest of 16.9 feet Sunday morning. It
will then fall below flood stage early Monday morning.
- Flood stage is 15.5 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Source: NWS / NOAA weather.

Source: NWS / NOAA weather

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