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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Feb 18, 2008, 8:45 PM CST for LaSalle County, Illinois. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2008, 8:45 PM CST (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2008, 9:18 AM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Flood severity
- Minor
County LaSalle County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Fox River at Dayton (DAYI2). The gauge peaked at 16.31 ft at Feb 17, 2008, 11:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 24 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05552500, 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 Feb 18, 6:00 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 6:00 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 18, 8:35 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, Lee, McHenry and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:52 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more | 20 hr |
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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.