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Flood Watch 2, NWS Chicago, IL

March 23, 200716 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this flood watch at Mar 23, 2007, 4:20 PM CDT for 16 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Mar 24, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2007, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 24, 2007, 9:08 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Flood severity: None

All 21 counties

Boone County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Mar 22, 6:40 PM CDT, 21 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 6:40 PM CDT, 21 hours 40 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
Mar 23, 6:25 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee and 7 more	16 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Illinois, 2007 Flood Watches in Indiana, 2007 Every flood watch in 2007

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.