The recent warmth and melting snow has not only lead to standing water in low lying areas and fields, but it's also allowed some of the local rivers to rise over the past couple of days. Flooding is not occurring, but ice breaking up on those rivers could cause localized ice jams.
Below are the 6am readings from the Kishwaukee, Rock and Pecatonica rivers. You'll notice most remain below flood action stage, but a couple are getting close. Thankfully additional snow and rain are not in the forecast this weekend, but the continued snow melt and runoff will likely allow some of those rivers to continue to slightly rise.
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| Rock River at Rockton |
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| Rock River at Afton |
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| Kishwaukee River near Perryville |
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| Kishwaukee River at Belvidere |
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| Rock River at Byron |
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| Pecatonica River at Freeport |
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