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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Aug 19, 2007, 3:24 PM CDT for Winnebago County, Illinois. It took effect at Aug 22, 2007, 5:30 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2007, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 22, 2007, 5:30 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2007, 10:04 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Flood severity
- Major
County Winnebago County, IL
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Pecatonica River near Shirland (SIRI2).
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 15.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05437050, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 454 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 201000- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 454 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 /554 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2007/ THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE ENOUGH RAIN FOR FLASH FLOODS TO OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ON MONDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER ON MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR FLOOD REPORTS. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO LMZ740>745-766-201000- WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL- WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND IL- NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR IL- CALUMET HARBOR IL TO GARY IN-GARY INDIANA TO BURNS HARBOR- BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY- LAKE MICHIGAN, WINTHROP HARBOR IL EASTWARD TO THE MID- POINT OF THE LAKE AND SOUTHWARD TO MICHIGAN CITY MI BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE- 454 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ON MONDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER ON MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 19, 10:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1051 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1039 AM FLOOD UNION 42.23N 88.54W
08/19/2007 MCHENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
RAILWAY MUSEUM IN UNION, IL FLOODED AND EVACUATED.
TRAILER PARK/CAMPGROUND AT UNION, IL FLOODED. WATER ROSE
1 FOOT IN 20 MINUTES ENDING AT 1035 CDT. AREA HAS BEEN
EVACUATED AS WELL.
1039 AM FLOOD 5 W HUNTLEY 42.17N 88.52W
08/19/2007 MCHENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER FLOWING ACROSS U.S. ROUTE 20 JUST EAST OF
INTERSTATE 90.
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MERZLOCKLocal storm report, Aug 19, 1:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 41 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 22 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 18 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Ogle | 66 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | DeKalb | 22 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Boone | 8 days |
| Aug 19, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 11 days |
| Aug 19, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 14 days |
| Aug 19, 12:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 13 days |
| Aug 19, 12:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 11 days |
| Aug 19, 12:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 32 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford | 37 min |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.