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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Chicago, IL

September 13, 2006Grundy County, Kendall County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2006, 3:40 AM CDT for Grundy County, Kendall County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 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 13, 2006, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
Expired: Sep 13, 2006, 9:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Grundy County, IL, Kendall County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 13, 12:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 12:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 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 13, 10:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	2 hr
Sep 13, 12:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	3 hr
Sep 13, 3:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	3 hr

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.