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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Chicago, IL

September 5, 2006Ford County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2006, 10:40 AM CDT for Ford County, Illinois. It was in force for 95 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 5, 2006, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2006, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ford County, IL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 5, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 4:30 AM CDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 4, 7:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	2 hr
Sep 4, 10:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Winnebago	6 hr
Sep 5, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Porter	20 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2006 Every flash flood warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.