River Forecast
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606 FGUS53 KMSR 210158 RVFILO RIVER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER; CHANHASSEN MN 858 PM CDT SUN SEP 20 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 -47.0 FT AT 1200 Z ON SEP 20 .AR :CREST: MCCI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH1800/HGIFFXZ -42.9 :Crest near -42.9 FT around 18 Z on Mon, Sep 21 .ER MCCI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / -45.8 .E2 : 0921 : / -43.6 / -42.9 / -42.9 / -43.4 .E3 : 0922 : / -44.3 / -47.0 / -52.9 / -59.3 .E4 : 0923 : / -66.0 / -72.8 / -79.8 / -91.6 .E5 : 0924 : /-103.6 /-115.6 /-127.7 /-139.8 .E6 : 0925 : /-150.6 /-161.4 /-172.2 /-183.0 .E7 : 0926 : /-193.8 /-204.6 /-215.4 /-224.8 .E8 : 0927 : /-233.2 /-241.6 /-249.9 : : ***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 : 0920 / 0.04 : 0921 / 0.01 / 0.03 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.08 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 RIVER STAGE WAS 9.1 FT AT 2345 Z ON SEP 20 .ER MORI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / 9.4 .E2 : 0921 : / 9.1 / 8.8 / 8.6 / 8.5 .E3 : 0922 : / 8.3 / 8.0 / 7.7 / 7.4 .E4 : 0923 : / 7.2 / 7.0 / 6.8 / 6.7 .E5 : 0924 : / 6.6 / 6.6 / 6.5 / 6.5 .E6 : 0925 : / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5 .E7 : 0926 : / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5 .E8 : 0927 : / 6.5 / 6.4 / 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 : 0920 / 0.02 : 0921 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.03 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 RIVER STAGE WAS 460.4 FT AT 2230 Z ON SEP 20 .AR :CREST: OTWI2 0922 Z DC202609210158/DH0000/HGIFFXZ 461.2 :Crest near 461.2 FT around 00 Z on Tue, Sep 22 .ER OTWI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / 460.6 .E2 : 0921 : / 460.9 / 461.1 / 461.2 / 460.9 .E3 : 0922 : / 460.6 / 460.3 / 460.2 / 460.1 .E4 : 0923 : / 460.0 / 459.9 / 459.8 / 459.7 .E5 : 0924 : / 459.6 / 459.5 / 459.5 / 459.4 .E6 : 0925 : / 459.3 / 459.2 / 459.2 / 459.1 .E7 : 0926 : / 459.1 / 459.1 / 459.1 / 459.1 .E8 : 0927 : / 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 : 0920 / 0.01 : 0921 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.01 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 TAILWATER STAGE WAS 447.1 FT AT 0000 Z ON SEP 21 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 15 Z ON 09/21/2026 .AR :CREST: SRDI2 0922 Z DC202609210158/DH0000/HTIFFXZ 450.7 :Crest near 450.7 FT around 00 Z on Tue, Sep 22 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 15 Z ON 09/22/2026 .ER SRDI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HTIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / 448.4 .E2 : 0921 : / 449.7 / 450.6 / 450.7 / 450.5 .E3 : 0922 : / 450.2 / 449.9 / 449.5 / 449.1 .E4 : 0923 : / 448.6 / 448.1 / 447.6 / 447.2 .E5 : 0924 : / 446.8 / 446.5 / 446.2 / 446.0 .E6 : 0925 : / 445.9 / 445.8 / 445.7 / 445.6 .E7 : 0926 : / 445.6 / 445.6 / 445.5 / 445.5 .E8 : 0927 : / 445.5 / 445.4 / 445.4 : : ***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 : 0920 / 0.01 : 0921 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.01 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 RIVER STAGE WAS 15.6 FT AT 2345 Z ON SEP 20 .AR :CREST: LSLI2 0922 Z DC202609210158/DH0000/HGIFFXZ 19.6 :Crest near 19.6 FT around 00 Z on Tue, Sep 22 .ER LSLI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / 16.6 .E2 : 0921 : / 18.1 / 19.3 / 19.6 / 19.6 .E3 : 0922 : / 19.4 / 19.1 / 18.6 / 18.0 .E4 : 0923 : / 17.3 / 16.7 / 16.3 / 15.9 .E5 : 0924 : / 15.6 / 15.3 / 15.1 / 14.9 .E6 : 0925 : / 14.8 / 14.7 / 14.7 / 14.6 .E7 : 0926 : / 14.6 / 14.6 / 14.6 / 14.6 .E8 : 0927 : / 14.5 / 14.5 / 14.5 : : ***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 : 0920 / 0.00 : 0921 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.00 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 RIVER STAGE WAS 15.9 FT AT 2345 Z ON SEP 20 .ER HNYI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / 16.3 .E2 : 0921 : / 16.7 / 17.2 / 17.5 / 17.8 .E3 : 0922 : / 18.0 / 18.1 / 18.2 / 18.2 .E4 : 0923 : / 18.2 / 18.1 / 18.1 / 18.0 .E5 : 0924 : / 18.0 / 17.9 / 17.8 / 17.7 .E6 : 0925 : / 17.7 / 17.6 / 17.5 / 17.4 .E7 : 0926 : / 17.3 / 17.2 / 17.1 / 17.0 .E8 : 0927 : / 16.9 / 16.8 / 16.7 : : ***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 : 0920 / 0.00 : 0921 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.00 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 RIVER STAGE WAS 12.4 FT AT 2345 Z ON SEP 20 .ER PIAI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / 12.4 .E2 : 0921 : / 12.3 / 12.3 / 12.3 / 12.4 .E3 : 0922 : / 12.4 / 12.5 / 12.5 / 12.5 .E4 : 0923 : / 12.6 / 12.6 / 12.7 / 12.8 .E5 : 0924 : / 12.9 / 12.9 / 13.0 / 13.0 .E6 : 0925 : / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.2 .E7 : 0926 : / 13.2 / 13.2 / 13.2 / 13.2 .E8 : 0927 : / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.1 : : ***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 : 0920 / 0.01 : 0921 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.01 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 RIVER STAGE WAS 7.7 FT AT 2345 Z ON SEP 20 .AR :CREST: HAVI2 0926 Z DC202609210158/DH1800/HGIFFXZ 13.2 :Crest near 13.2 FT around 18 Z on Sat, Sep 26 .ER HAVI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / 7.9 .E2 : 0921 : / 8.2 / 8.6 / 8.9 / 9.1 .E3 : 0922 : / 9.2 / 9.3 / 9.4 / 9.7 .E4 : 0923 : / 10.0 / 10.5 / 11.0 / 11.6 .E5 : 0924 : / 12.2 / 12.5 / 12.8 / 13.0 .E6 : 0925 : / 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.1 .E7 : 0926 : / 13.1 / 13.2 / 13.2 / 13.2 .E8 : 0927 : / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.1 : : ***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 : 0920 / 0.10 : 0921 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.13 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 RIVER STAGE WAS 9.8 FT AT 2345 Z ON SEP 20 .ER BEAI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / 10.0 .E2 : 0921 : / 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.1 / 10.1 .E3 : 0922 : / 10.2 / 10.2 / 10.3 / 10.5 .E4 : 0923 : / 10.6 / 10.8 / 11.0 / 10.7 .E5 : 0924 : / 10.5 / 10.6 / 10.7 / 10.8 .E6 : 0925 : / 10.9 / 11.0 / 11.0 / 11.1 .E7 : 0926 : / 11.2 / 11.2 / 11.3 / 11.3 .E8 : 0927 : / 11.3 / 11.4 / 11.4 : : ***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 : 0920 / 0.17 : 0921 / 0.08 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.26 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 RIVER STAGE WAS 4.7 FT AT 0030 Z ON SEP 21 .ER MROI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / 4.7 .E2 : 0921 : / 4.7 / 4.7 / 4.7 / 4.8 .E3 : 0922 : / 5.1 / 5.3 / 5.5 / 5.6 .E4 : 0923 : / 5.7 / 5.9 / 6.1 / 6.3 .E5 : 0924 : / 6.7 / 7.0 / 7.4 / 7.9 .E6 : 0925 : / 8.4 / 8.8 / 9.0 / 9.2 .E7 : 0926 : / 9.2 / 9.3 / 9.3 / 9.3 .E8 : 0927 : / 9.4 / 9.4 / 9.4 : : ***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 : 0920 / 0.25 : 0921 / 0.11 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.36 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 RIVER STAGE WAS 3.8 FT AT 0030 Z ON SEP 21 .ER VALI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / 3.8 .E2 : 0921 : / 3.8 / 3.8 / 3.8 / 3.9 .E3 : 0922 : / 4.0 / 4.2 / 4.4 / 4.5 .E4 : 0923 : / 4.6 / 4.7 / 4.9 / 5.0 .E5 : 0924 : / 5.3 / 5.6 / 5.9 / 6.2 .E6 : 0925 : / 6.6 / 6.9 / 7.2 / 7.4 .E7 : 0926 : / 7.5 / 7.6 / 7.6 / 7.7 .E8 : 0927 : / 7.7 / 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 : 0920 / 0.27 : 0921 / 0.23 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.51 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 RIVER STAGE WAS 19.3 FT AT 0030 Z ON SEP 21 .ER HARI2 0921 Z DC202609210158/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0920 : / 19.3 .E2 : 0921 : / 19.4 / 19.4 / 19.5 / 19.5 .E3 : 0922 : / 19.6 / 19.6 / 19.6 / 19.7 .E4 : 0923 : / 19.7 / 19.7 / 19.7 / 19.8 .E5 : 0924 : / 20.0 / 20.2 / 20.4 / 20.6 .E6 : 0925 : / 20.8 / 21.0 / 21.2 / 21.4 .E7 : 0926 : / 21.5 / 21.5 / 21.6 / 21.6 .E8 : 0927 : / 21.6 / 21.6 / 21.6 : : ***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 : 0920 / 0.32 : 0921 / 0.28 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 22 is 0.61 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : : :******************************************************************* : $$ : FCSTR EXT: 2569 : :...END of MESSAGE...