Flood Warning: Iroquois, IL

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Flood Warning — Iroquois, IL Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely. ...The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Illinois... Sugar Creek at Milford affecting Iroquois County. For the Sugar Creek...including Milford...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Sugar Creek from Near Milford downstream to confluence with Iroquois River at Watseka, including the Milford gauge. * WHEN...From Sunday morning to Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 19.0 feet, Structures threatened in southwest Milford. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:00 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 16.4 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage tomorrow morning to a crest of 18.7 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Monday morning. - Flood stage is 18.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood