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Flood Warning — Cook, IL Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely. ...The National Weather Service in Chicago IL has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Illinois... Thorn Creek at Thornton affecting Cook County. For the Thorn Creek...including Thornton...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Thorn Creek from Near Glenwood downstream to confluence with Little Calumet River, including the Thornton gauge. * WHEN...Until early Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet, Water begins to be diverted through Thorn Creek Diversion Tunnel. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:45 PM CDT Monday the stage was 8.2 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this evening to a crest of 9.6 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage Tuesday morning. - Flood stage is 9.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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