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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2008, 3:20 AM CST for Winnebago County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 3, 2008, 11:31 AM CST. It was in force for 64 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2008, 3:20 AM CST (09:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2008, 11:31 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2008, 3:55 AM CST
- In force
- 64 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Winnebago County, IL
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Kishwaukee River near Perryville (PRYI2). The gauge peaked at 13.33 ft at Mar 5, 2008, 1:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 11.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 22 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05440000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:47 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, Lee, McHenry and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:39 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 37 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:39 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 55 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:39 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle | 7 days |
| Mar 2, 8:47 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Winnebago | 9 days |
| Mar 2, 8:47 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Ogle | 16 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:30 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | DeKalb | 23 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 6 days |
| Mar 3, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:02 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Boone | 34 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:13 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Grundy | 31 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Ogle | 56 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:05 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 18 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 35 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:39 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Porter | 7 days |
| Mar 2, 8:39 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Jasper, Porter | 7 days |
Nearby
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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.