# Flood Warning: Cook, IL — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-01 21:30 ingested 2026-08-02 08:29

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

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Flood Warning — Cook, IL
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Observed.
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Indiana...Illinois...

Little Calumet River at Munster (Hohman Avenue) affecting Lake IN
and Cook Counties.

Thorn Creek at Thornton affecting Cook County.

For the Little Calumet River...including Munster (Hohman Avenue)...
Minor flooding is forecast.

* 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 evening.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 PM CDT Saturday, the stage was 11.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.6 feet
tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage Monday
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.