Minor flooding warning for Ogle County to Dixon continues into weekend

OREGON – Continuous precipitation has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning for the Rock River.

Rivers affected are the Rock River at Byron in Ogle County and Latham Park and Rockton in Winnebago County.

Minor flooding is forecast south from where the Kishwaukee River joins the Rock River to Castle Rock State Park south of Oregon, including the Byron gauge and Dixon.

River levels were expected to rise Friday morning and continue into Saturday before receding. Flood stage is 13 feet.

“At 13 feet, low-lying structures downstream of Byron are threatened,” the weather service warned.

At 9:15 a.m. Thursday, the stage was 12 feet, 4 inches. The river was expected to rise above flood stage Friday morning to a crest of 13 feet, 1 inch Friday afternoon. It will fall below flood stage Saturday evening, according to the NWS.