Heavy Rain Leads to Rising Local Rivers

As you read in the last post, Thursday was a record breaking rainfall day for Rockford. With several days this week with heavy rain, our monthly rainfall total is getting closer and closer to that twelve inch mark.

With recent rains causing saturated ground soil, the additional rain we received was forced to run off and move into already swollen rivers. This has lead many of our local rivers to rise, with many entering a flood stage. Most will stay at either action stage or minor flooding, however there are points on both the Rock River, and Kishwaukee River that will crest this weekend at moderate flood stage. Saturday the Rock at Byron is forecast to crest at 14.2 feet, which is at moderate flood stage. The Kishwaukee at Belvidere is also forecast to be at moderate flood stage by Saturday, cresting at 10.6 feet. River waters will start to recede and go down early next week. If you plan to go out on local rivers this weekend use caution and pay attention to river levels.