River Forecast
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185 FGUS53 KMSR 200240 RVFILO RIVER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER; CHANHASSEN MN 940 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 2026 : THIS IS A NWS GUIDANCE PRODUCT FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL RIVER : FORECAST CENTER. PUBLIC FORECASTS AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY NWS : WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES. : : FORECAST GROUP IS ILO : : FORECASTS INCLUDE 24-HOURS OF FUTURE PRECIPITATION (QPF) IN 6 HOUR INCREMENTS : :************************************************************ :MAINSTREAM TUN MCCOOK RES, MCCI2 :MCCOOK, IL - LOT : :ACTION STAGE -100.0 FTMINOR STAGE -30.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE MissingMAJOR STAGE Missing : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS -221.0 FT AT 1200 Z ON SEP 16 .AR :CREST: MCCI2 0922 Z DC202609200240/DH0000/HGIFFXZ -36.0 :Crest near -36.0 FT around 00 Z on Tue, Sep 22 .ER MCCI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : /-197.9 .E2 : 0920 : /-106.5 / -42.0 / -38.4 / -37.1 .E3 : 0921 : / -36.4 / -36.1 / -36.0 / -36.2 .E4 : 0922 : / -36.4 / -36.8 / -37.2 / -37.7 .E5 : 0923 : / -38.2 / -38.7 / -39.3 / -39.8 .E6 : 0924 : / -40.9 / -42.4 / -43.9 / -46.7 .E7 : 0925 : / -53.7 / -60.8 / -67.8 / -74.9 .E8 : 0926 : / -83.3 / -95.4 /-107.5 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.58 : 0920 / 1.70 / 0.15 / 0.08 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 2.51 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :ILLINOIS RIVER, MORI2 :MORRIS, IL - LOT : :ACTION STAGE 13.0 FTMINOR STAGE 16.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 18.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 22.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 5.8 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 20 .ER MORI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : / 6.0 .E2 : 0920 : / 6.8 / 8.1 / 9.2 / 10.3 .E3 : 0921 : / 10.9 / 11.1 / 10.4 / 9.8 .E4 : 0922 : / 9.3 / 8.9 / 8.5 / 8.1 .E5 : 0923 : / 7.7 / 7.5 / 7.2 / 7.0 .E6 : 0924 : / 6.9 / 6.8 / 6.7 / 6.7 .E7 : 0925 : / 6.6 / 6.6 / 6.6 / 6.5 .E8 : 0926 : / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.4 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.21 : 0920 / 0.77 / 0.14 / 0.11 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 1.23 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :ILLINOIS RIVER, OTWI2 :OTTAWA, IL - LOT : :ACTION STAGE 461.0 FTMINOR STAGE 463.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 467.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 471.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 459.2 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 20 .AR :CREST: OTWI2 0922 Z DC202609200240/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 462.0 :Crest near 462.0 FT around 06 Z on Tue, Sep 22 .ER OTWI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : / 459.2 .E2 : 0920 : / 459.2 / 459.2 / 459.4 / 459.6 .E3 : 0921 : / 460.1 / 461.5 / 461.9 / 462.0 .E4 : 0922 : / 461.9 / 461.4 / 460.7 / 460.1 .E5 : 0923 : / 459.6 / 459.5 / 459.4 / 459.4 .E6 : 0924 : / 459.3 / 459.3 / 459.2 / 459.2 .E7 : 0925 : / 459.1 / 459.1 / 459.1 / 459.1 .E8 : 0926 : / 459.1 / 459.1 / 459.1 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.14 : 0920 / 0.46 / 0.17 / 0.13 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 0.90 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :ILLINOIS RIVER, SRDI2 :UTICA-STARVED ROCK L&D 6, IL - LOT : :ACTION STAGE 449.0 FTMINOR STAGE 450.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 460.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 465.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED TAILWATER STAGE WAS 443.5 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 20 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 09 Z ON 09/21/2026 .AR :CREST: SRDI2 0922 Z DC202609200240/DH0600/HTIFFXZ 452.7 :Crest near 452.7 FT around 06 Z on Tue, Sep 22 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 09 Z ON 09/23/2026 .ER SRDI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HTIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : / 444.0 .E2 : 0920 : / 444.1 / 444.5 / 446.1 / 448.4 .E3 : 0921 : / 450.4 / 451.8 / 452.6 / 452.7 .E4 : 0922 : / 452.4 / 451.7 / 451.1 / 450.4 .E5 : 0923 : / 449.8 / 449.2 / 448.6 / 448.1 .E6 : 0924 : / 447.7 / 447.3 / 446.9 / 446.6 .E7 : 0925 : / 446.4 / 446.2 / 446.1 / 445.9 .E8 : 0926 : / 445.8 / 445.7 / 445.7 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.14 : 0920 / 0.46 / 0.17 / 0.13 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 0.90 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : :Rise based on rain on the ground and QPF in the next 24 hrs :************************************************************ :ILLINOIS RIVER, LSLI2 :LA SALLE 1S, IL - LOT : :ACTION STAGE 19.0 FTMINOR STAGE 20.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 27.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 31.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 13.0 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 20 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 21 Z ON 09/21/2026 .AR :CREST: LSLI2 0922 Z DC202609200240/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 21.9 :Crest near 21.9 FT around 06 Z on Tue, Sep 22 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 03 Z ON 09/23/2026 .ER LSLI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : / 13.3 .E2 : 0920 : / 13.5 / 13.9 / 14.6 / 16.0 .E3 : 0921 : / 18.2 / 19.9 / 21.3 / 21.9 .E4 : 0922 : / 21.8 / 21.1 / 20.2 / 19.5 .E5 : 0923 : / 18.8 / 17.9 / 16.9 / 16.4 .E6 : 0924 : / 16.0 / 15.6 / 15.3 / 15.0 .E7 : 0925 : / 14.9 / 14.7 / 14.6 / 14.6 .E8 : 0926 : / 14.5 / 14.4 / 14.4 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.17 : 0920 / 0.72 / 0.19 / 0.13 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 1.21 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : :Rise based on rain on the ground and qpf in the next 24 hrs :************************************************************ :ILLINOIS RIVER, HNYI2 :HENRY, IL - ILX : :ACTION STAGE 22.0 FTMINOR STAGE 23.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 24.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 31.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 15.6 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 20 .ER HNYI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : / 15.6 .E2 : 0920 : / 15.8 / 16.0 / 16.3 / 16.6 .E3 : 0921 : / 17.0 / 17.5 / 17.8 / 18.1 .E4 : 0922 : / 18.3 / 18.4 / 18.5 / 18.5 .E5 : 0923 : / 18.5 / 18.4 / 18.4 / 18.3 .E6 : 0924 : / 18.3 / 18.2 / 18.1 / 18.0 .E7 : 0925 : / 18.0 / 17.9 / 17.8 / 17.7 .E8 : 0926 : / 17.6 / 17.5 / 17.4 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.11 : 0920 / 0.63 / 0.25 / 0.13 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 1.12 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :ILLINOIS RIVER, PIAI2 :PEORIA - BOAT YARD, IL - ILX : :ACTION STAGE 17.0 FTMINOR STAGE 18.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 22.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 28.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 12.3 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 20 .ER PIAI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : / 12.3 .E2 : 0920 : / 12.4 / 12.4 / 12.5 / 12.5 .E3 : 0921 : / 12.6 / 12.7 / 12.8 / 12.8 .E4 : 0922 : / 12.9 / 13.0 / 13.0 / 13.1 .E5 : 0923 : / 13.1 / 13.0 / 13.0 / 13.1 .E6 : 0924 : / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.2 / 13.2 .E7 : 0925 : / 13.2 / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.3 .E8 : 0926 : / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.3 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.02 : 0920 / 0.19 / 0.17 / 0.19 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 0.57 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :ILLINOIS RIVER, HAVI2 :HAVANA , IL - ILX : :ACTION STAGE 13.0 FTMINOR STAGE 14.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 17.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 23.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 7.1 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 20 .AR :CREST: HAVI2 0926 Z DC202609200240/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 13.2 :Crest near 13.2 FT around 06 Z on Sat, Sep 26 .ER HAVI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : / 7.2 .E2 : 0920 : / 7.4 / 7.6 / 7.7 / 8.0 .E3 : 0921 : / 8.2 / 8.5 / 8.7 / 8.9 .E4 : 0922 : / 9.1 / 9.2 / 9.4 / 9.7 .E5 : 0923 : / 10.1 / 10.6 / 11.1 / 11.7 .E6 : 0924 : / 12.2 / 12.6 / 12.9 / 13.0 .E7 : 0925 : / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.2 .E8 : 0926 : / 13.2 / 13.2 / 13.2 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.00 : 0920 / 0.03 / 0.03 / 0.06 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 0.12 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :ILLINOIS RIVER, BEAI2 :BEARDSTOWN, IL - ILX : :ACTION STAGE 13.0 FTMINOR STAGE 14.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 18.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 28.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 9.8 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 20 .ER BEAI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : / 9.8 .E2 : 0920 : / 9.8 / 9.9 / 9.9 / 10.0 .E3 : 0921 : / 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.1 / 10.1 .E4 : 0922 : / 10.2 / 10.2 / 10.3 / 10.5 .E5 : 0923 : / 10.6 / 10.8 / 11.0 / 10.9 .E6 : 0924 : / 10.7 / 10.8 / 10.9 / 11.0 .E7 : 0925 : / 11.1 / 11.2 / 11.2 / 11.3 .E8 : 0926 : / 11.4 / 11.4 / 11.5 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.00 : 0920 / 0.03 / 0.01 / 0.07 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 0.11 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :ILLINOIS RIVER, MROI2 :MEREDOSIA PWR PLANT, IL - LSX : :ACTION STAGE 14.0 FTMINOR STAGE 17.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 22.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 24.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 4.3 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 20 .ER MROI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : / 4.3 .E2 : 0920 : / 4.4 / 4.4 / 4.5 / 4.6 .E3 : 0921 : / 4.7 / 4.8 / 4.9 / 5.1 .E4 : 0922 : / 5.2 / 5.4 / 5.5 / 5.6 .E5 : 0923 : / 5.8 / 6.0 / 6.2 / 6.4 .E6 : 0924 : / 6.7 / 7.1 / 7.5 / 8.0 .E7 : 0925 : / 8.4 / 8.8 / 9.1 / 9.2 .E8 : 0926 : / 9.3 / 9.3 / 9.3 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.00 : 0920 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.06 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 0.07 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :ILLINOIS RIVER, VALI2 :VALLEY CITY, IL - LSX : :ACTION STAGE 11.0 FTMINOR STAGE 14.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 21.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 23.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 3.5 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 20 .ER VALI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : / 3.6 .E2 : 0920 : / 3.6 / 3.6 / 3.7 / 3.8 .E3 : 0921 : / 3.9 / 4.0 / 4.0 / 4.1 .E4 : 0922 : / 4.2 / 4.4 / 4.5 / 4.6 .E5 : 0923 : / 4.8 / 5.0 / 5.1 / 5.2 .E6 : 0924 : / 5.4 / 5.7 / 6.0 / 6.3 .E7 : 0925 : / 6.7 / 7.1 / 7.3 / 7.5 .E8 : 0926 : / 7.6 / 7.7 / 7.7 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.00 : 0920 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.03 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 0.04 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :ILLINOIS RIVER, HARI2 :HARDIN, IL - LSX : :ACTION STAGE 24.0 FTMINOR STAGE 25.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 31.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 32.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 19.7 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 20 .ER HARI2 0920 Z DC202609200240/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0919 : / 19.7 .E2 : 0920 : / 19.7 / 19.7 / 19.8 / 19.8 .E3 : 0921 : / 19.8 / 19.9 / 19.9 / 19.9 .E4 : 0922 : / 20.0 / 20.0 / 20.1 / 20.1 .E5 : 0923 : / 20.2 / 20.2 / 20.3 / 20.4 .E6 : 0924 : / 20.4 / 20.5 / 20.7 / 20.9 .E7 : 0925 : / 21.1 / 21.3 / 21.5 / 21.6 .E8 : 0926 : / 21.7 / 21.8 / 21.8 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0919 / 0.00 : 0920 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.03 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 21 is 0.04 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : : :******************************************************************* : $$ : FCSTR EXT: 2569 : :...END of MESSAGE...